Sweat test (again) & weigh in

Yesterday we went for a weigh-in with Cameron's pediatrician, Dr. Sloan. He put on another two ounces (never thought I would be excited about two ounces!). We're all pretty sure it's a severe lactose allergy. He's been tested for the protein in milk, and he was negative for that, but the switch to a lactose free diet seems to be helping him. Dr. Sloan said this is the most extreme case he's ever seen, "no kid has ever last that much weight with a lactose intolerance," he said when this all began. Crazy (why us, why him?!). He also tested positive for one of the stool samples that said his body wasn't processing a certain sugar (Dr. Sloan said this was probably the lactose - lactose is the sugar that's in milk). After the sweat test results Dr. Sloan is going to review everything with a pediatric GI doctor, then refer us to a pediatric dietitian.

Today was Cameron's second sweat test. This time we came prepared with more layers. You can see the picture of him below, he's got a onesie, long sleeve shirt, sweatshirt and Chase's hoodie on. It didn't seem like they collected that much more sweat than last time, but hopefully it worked. He looked like E.T. walking around with that oversized hoodie on, it was pretty cute. He did much better this time, I think we all did, probably because we knew what to expect. I'm hoping we get the results tomorrow, but it will probably be Friday since we did the test so late in the day today. We leave for vacation on Saturday (my dad's house in Vegas!). We can't wait to get out of town and relax. Thanks for checking in on us, I'll update when I get the results from today's test.