Lactose & Gluten Free Home

As I stated in my blog info, my daughter has both lactose and gluten intolerances.  In March of 2010 she kept saying she had a stomach ache and it got progressively worse week by week.  I had remember an acquaintance of mine who has children with lactose intolerance say that's how the symptoms started with her kids.  So, we had her testing for lactose intolerance and the test results came back that she was extremely lactose intolerant and probably had been since birth (no wonder why she was so cranky and spit up all the time).  Even after we cut out all dairy products she was still have trouble with her stomach (cramping, nausea, diarrhea), so we (my husband and I) decided to have her food allergy tested.  She was not allergic to any foods, but during the test for gluten she immediately cramped up so her awesome doctor (Dr. Jeffrey Demain), who is an allergy and immunology specialist, had her to blood test for Celiac's Disease (which is a gluten intolerance and much more).  Those results cam back positive and now we are meeting with a Nutritionist to know exactly what she can and cannot ingest.  I just feel terrible and like we have been making her unhealthy all these years.  On top of lactose and gluten free dieting, she also has asthma and seasonal/environmental allergies that we have to monitor with daily medications.