She's currently eating only:
Rice
Rice noodles (made of rice and water)
Beef (boiled or grilled without oil)
Chicken (boiled or grilled without oil)
Pears
Apples
Apple Juice (Martinelli's pure apple juice with no additional ingredients)
Honey
Peaches
Beans (Pintos and Black)
And today we added blueberries, which she was over the moon about! It's so amazing to see how excited she gets about the new things we are able to add in. She gets really excited about beans for breakfast. Beans! Wahoo! :)
I have to say, the bean thing surprises and confuses me. She's very allergic to peas and lentils, and even chickpeas (hummus, anyone?), but she's totally fine with beans. Allergies are confusing. The skin infection is gone (hallelujah) and there's still quite a bit of the redness in her complexion, which started about a year ago. With that I would add I have edited this photo (above) and decreased the redness in her face. We will continue this diet for many more weeks until we really incorporate all these basics and then we will try to reintroduce milk and citrus and all of the other no-no's (from the PDF document from Dr. Berger in previous post). I keep a detailed food diary with what she's eating and any reactions she has throughout the day. All of her reactions seem to happen in uncontrolled environments, such as a friend's house or school, church, or even when we have friends over. The only conclusion I can make is that there's a sensitivity for her and a contamination of some sort going on. On this diet and at home, she's comfortable 90% of the time, which is a huge improvement. Got to look for the small improvements! :) Love this girl. She's tough.