Choya's Stomach Is Holding Steady

While I know that Choya's stomach is changing as she hits her senior years, I didn't realize just how sensitive it has become. I've weaned her off that ridiculously tiny bit of antibiotics that I extended (with the doctor's advice). After a few rounds of shitsplosions and mushy poop, I finally understood.

I figured out what keeps her stomach balanced. Her base foods are perfectly fine. It's the toppers I add to it. It has to be only one topper a day, or none. I need to be very disciplined. She can't accommodate oily or too rich foods anymore. Limited volume of bone broth, reduced cheese, No kefir, no goat milk, no TCM-formulated ingredients, no Chinese yam, no wolfberries, no mushrooms, nothing of that sort. Meat is the best.

She might even be sensitive to oily fish and seafood. She can have them, but in very teeny bite-sized portions. She definitely can't have even half a kibinago today, and prawns the next day. Her poop tells me the whole story. I'm not worried about her occasional yellow bile puked out in the mornings every few months. It's the regurgitation of food that is worrying. It's more than indigestion. It tells me there's something reflux, and that needs to be investigated.

Choya's stomach is that sensitive. If she has diarrhea, it would be my fault entirely for not being strict with myself to allow her to have that extra bit of cheese or exciting toppers. IT'S ON ME.

I'm immensely relieved that she isn't ill. I didn't want to put her through the blood tests (not that invasive) and have her stay at the clinic for half a day to ascertain if she has Addison's (leaning more towards this) or Cushing's. I ran through a doctor-issued checklist of both diseases, and decided the risk levels are low. That said, I would admit her for observation and meds and farther treatment if she needs it. 

What the heck. This is the Year of The Great Laosai for Choya. Sighhhh. She's holding steady now. I'm watching her poop like a hawk, like what many pawrents do. It's the only way I can tell if her gut flora is balanced.