Aw Mary..:heart: I know how you feel, believe me.
I rejected drugs for Violet for 3.5 years despite her doc's opposing view that she needed them in addition to the EN.
I still may have her go without them if this Humira trial fails completely in May.
So I am of a like mind, and I totally get your feelings re: Western drugs.
However. I do have a master's in medical genetics so I have been on the other side too, and my view is tempered by this and my experience with traditional treatments which are successful.
I think Rowan is an extreme case due to her age and severity of disease, and I'd be hesitant to switch to Eastern meds OR SCD if she were mine. JUST my opinion.
I think it could very well make her worse. I think an NG tube with a really broken down formula woiuld be better for her nutrition wise than the SCD.
She likely won't drink enough Nutren to fix her nutrtional state. And drinking a lot at once is so hard when her gut is messed up and she feels like crap.
The NG tube w/pump delivers tiny amounts over a period of time and therefore is optimal for digestion/absorption.
You don't know how much of her feeling bad, especially mood wise, might be from mal- or undernutrition. Even if that's 30% of it, say, well the formula would fix that 30%. And has ZERO adverse effect. And works fast.
I know it won't help her colon per se, I'm just thinking of it from the nutrition aspect which would help her overall.
with love and concern :heart: