The Weight
Josie hasn't gained any weight in 6 months. In fact, she lost a pound. She was 17 pounds in Sept. and now the scale says 16. I don't get it. She eats all day and her legs look chubby. The metabolic dr. found nothing wrong. Dr. Palevsky thinks it's not about caloric intake, but rather the way her body uses the energy from food. In his words: she's getting fed enough food, and she is getting sufficient calories, it's just that she doesn't have the capacity to utilize the nutrients enough for her to grow. Dr. P feels hyperbarics could help this. He also says: If there has been a vasculitis contributing to her ongoing developmental and growth issues, and not an as-yet-to-be-determined syndrome that would help you understand everything that is going on, the vasculitis is happening at all levels of the body, including the gut and the brain. During our last visit he recommended we change her breakfast to dinner foods. I mentioned in an earlier post that he has her