March 2013 Son (now 18 was diagnosed with Crohn's)
May 2013 in remission after drinking Peptamen for 6 weeks.
May 2014 Begins a flare, that takes him from 121lbs to 104.
Sept 2014 Hospitalized, given steroids, enters remission again and is put on MTX for maintenance.
Weight goes from 104 to 150 in less than 3 months and as he is now nearly 6ft tall, it's a GOOD thing.
November 2014 FCP 24, all blood work is good.
He felt pretty good until 10 days ago. He started having to go 2 or 3 times a day (normally just goes once) and had pain as well as the feeling of not being finished. One day he had blood in his stool. He never has blood. His appetite dropped dramatically. Tried contacting his doc, but they never got back to me and he seems better now. No more pain and his appetite has picked up, but it isn't exactly normal. Yesterday he had a small salad, a cheese quesadilla and a big smoothie..and quite a bit of ice cream I'd guess 1500 calories or so.
Should I wait and see or is the MTX not working?
Thank you!!!
May 2013 in remission after drinking Peptamen for 6 weeks.
May 2014 Begins a flare, that takes him from 121lbs to 104.
Sept 2014 Hospitalized, given steroids, enters remission again and is put on MTX for maintenance.
Weight goes from 104 to 150 in less than 3 months and as he is now nearly 6ft tall, it's a GOOD thing.
November 2014 FCP 24, all blood work is good.
He felt pretty good until 10 days ago. He started having to go 2 or 3 times a day (normally just goes once) and had pain as well as the feeling of not being finished. One day he had blood in his stool. He never has blood. His appetite dropped dramatically. Tried contacting his doc, but they never got back to me and he seems better now. No more pain and his appetite has picked up, but it isn't exactly normal. Yesterday he had a small salad, a cheese quesadilla and a big smoothie..and quite a bit of ice cream I'd guess 1500 calories or so.
Should I wait and see or is the MTX not working?
Thank you!!!