Keto Flu :-(

 So this past week, Elijah transitioned completely over to a full keto diet. Day 2, we started noticing he was very fatigued. He has not been himself most of the week. Very tired and just out of it. I did talk to the dietician and was told to give him little amounts of juice twice a day to help him if I needed to. Last night, we were laying in bed and he was just staring at me. I stared back and he started making sounds like he was talking to me. I mimicked these sounds back to him and I got his big smile. I started telling him how much I loved him and continued to get his big amazing smile. I have been struggling all week with questioning if I have made the right decisions for him. We were told how this diet could really help his seizures get under better control and overall quality of life could improve. I always want this for him so I felt I had to try it. They warned me it would be hard at first and encouraged me to give it a full 3 months unless we are not seeing an improvement in seizure or if he gets a specific issue. They warned I would question everything and they were right. Seeing him so tired and not himself, I seriously felt like the worst mom ever because I was making him miserable. I don't want that for him. Seeing his smile last night gave me some hope that we are almost over this "keto flu" and headed in the right direction. 

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