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...found blood in Luke’s stool, they took him to the pediatrician who said he had an anal fissure. When the bleeding didn’t stop, Liza and Scott knew that wasn’t the problem. So the pediatrician referred them to a pediatric gastroenterologist who performed a series of tests on Luke, including a complete blood count (CBC), colonoscopy, kidney scan, and a test for clostridium difficile and e-coli. When the results came back, Luke was diagnosed with a...

...Patient History: Blake was only four days old, when he began burping up blood after being breastfed by his mother Allison. A few days later, the blood appeared in his stool as well. “Blake was so unhappy,” says Allison. “He was crying all the time, was in so much pain that he couldn’t sleep at night and had extremely dry skin.” Nutritional Management and Outcome: After noticing the blood in both Blake’s spit and...

...your baby’s doctor if stools look black, which may be blood in the stool). Green is completely normal (Green is Glorious!) and is due to the special composition of Neocate and the way it is digested and absorbed in the body. Green stool color has to do with bile, which helps your gut digest and absorb food. Since nutrients in Neocate are already broken down, the bile isn’t used, is excreted, and can give stools...

...worked. “I was beginning to think I was a paranoid new mom. As a sufferer of Colitis myself, I couldn’t figure out why no one would test a stool sample,” said Staci. Finally, Staci and her husband Eric found a pediatrician who agreed to conduct a stool sample test. Blood was found in Sawyer’s stool and she was diagnosed with protein enteropathy. She was immediately put on Neocate, a hypoallergenic formula made up of individual...

...to standard formula since I believed the virus really was the cause of the liver malfunction. About two weeks later we had a follow-up visit with the GI doctor who told us that his liver was back to normal – phew! However, as timing is everything, he happened to have a bowel movement at the doctor’s office. To my BIG surprise the doctor found blood in the stool. Back to Neocate we go! This time...