That's why!!

I have checked her ketones religiously the last week. They just would not stay up! Of course she drinks like a fish so her urine ketones have to be weak! The child can chug 12 oz. in a blink of an eye. I called the Ketoteam last week and left messages and emails, aggravated that everything was off. Then this morning she woke up with a runny nose! She's probably been getting sick all week and her ketones would be lower. So I guess we can just scrap this week!Maybe even the last 2 weeks! We've got several things working against us starting this diet. The first was the constipation. Did I mention I think the Blue #2 dye in the Keppra is making her stool (a.k.a poopy) sage green!? With that and the chunks of carrots, her diapers look like she ate a Christmas ornament! :)
Then there was the time change. We fell back an hour meaning she got up at 5 a.m. until 2 days ago! It didn't however seem to affect her bedtime. She still wanted to go to bed between 8 and 9 p.m.
The next is cold and flu season. I didn't get her flu shot because our pediatrician office didn't get their vaccine's in until the week we were in the hospital. When we came home form the hospital her brother had a very bad cold and we were making him constantly wash his hands, use hand sanitizer and we wiped antibacterial wipes over everything he touched. Still here we are 2 1/2 weeks into the diet and she's got a cough and cold. Though she's not coughing too bad yet. I bought some Vic's to rub on her tonight. Hopefully it'll be easier on her than it was on her brother! I ended up getting him on antibiotics. The Dr. said a lot of walking pneumonia going around. The therapist said they've got a lot of kids out with strep and vomiting. It's so early for all this to be starting!
Of course the temperature has dropped significantly here today and it's been snowing all day. The ground is still too cold for it to stick but BRRRRRRRR it's cold and just slapping you in the face when your outside. Naomi LOVES it when the wind and snow blow in her face she laughs so hard she starts squealing! She is nuts! Isaiah loves the snow too, he loves playing in it. You'd think he was playing in sand at the beach. He'll stay out there hours! I like to look at it but I get tired of it really fast. I'd rather look at snow than the brown grass and mud though!