Colson Whole 37 Update – Success So Far!

Today is day five of Colson’s kefir reintroduction. He is sleeping so well, breathing completely through his nose with no noise as of 4:30 this morning. During the day he is a silent breather too. Last night at dinner we were commenting on the fact that Colson’s Darth Vader breathing sound effects were gone, and then he made an effort to breathe through his nose and he did. There was a little bit of a restriction, but it was fairly easy and he had a surprised look on his face. We are all so used to the Darth Vader way that it didn’t occur to us that he might actually be able to breathe through his nose during the day.

Now that kefir seems ok, I don’t want to reintroduce anything else. But I have to. Colson has restarted the homeschool science class offered at UNC Chapel Hill. There are two great Mexican restaurants up there, and he wants corn chips again. Tomorrow, at the restaurant of his choice, he will have chicken tacos or possibly salad, minus cheese or sour cream. The taco shells and corn chips are GMO-free, but they are cooked in canola oil. Rats! The chicken is antibiotic free, so that is a victory. I may not be eating anything, as I am not ready to break the Whole 30. We will watch closely and see how his body does. If he stuffs up, it will be a good lesson.

If he does stuff up, then what? It will be tough to determine if it is the corn or the canola oil that is doing it. If he does stuff up, we will wait a few days and try again with organic corn tortillas fried in coconut oil, which is what I served him today.

Regarding Colson’s adenoids, which we are considering removing so that he could breathe better, that has been put on the back burner. Clearly is nose breathing problems are diet related, and I could just about kick myself for not getting to this point sooner. Even if we did take his adenoids out and his breathing was fine, it doesn’t mean that the food that causes his inflammation is suddenly fine. His adenoids are the warning system regarding the food that causes his breathing difficulties (and who knows what else that hasn’t become apparent yet). Removing the warning system isn’t the fix and hopefully we can avoid it.