Jennie's progress remains like a yoyo. I have the poop pills but haven't started them yet, have been attempting to get guidance on their FB page, and the advice is all over the place and conflicting, so I'm taking it all in and just making it up as I go along. I was advised to stabilize her first, when I thought that was the whole point of this form of resetting the microbiome. I was advised to give her fiber to bulk up her stool, with psyllium.
Jennie can't tolerate SEB or psyllium. The only fiber she can use is pumpkin but I am not convinced that is the way to go for her. Other suggestions were to give her prebiotics. Keep her on a therapeutic dose of s.boulardii, but stop the regular probiotics a few days before starting the pills. Not necessary to balance the meals before starting the pills. Don't worry about the imbalanced meals for now.
So I've read through all of that and am choosing my own way. 1st.
I stopped ALL probiotics a week ago, including the s.boulardii. It was only making things worse. Since then she is having probably mushier stools than before, but less blood on them. When I increased the s.boulardii to therapeutic dose the blood became much more. Every time I tried to increase it the blood got worse, so I stopped the s.boulardii.
Since it is best to make only once change at a time, I waited a few days before beginning the new calcium supplement. I had stopped the egg shell calcium because it seemed to cause more irritation, She's on calcium carbonate now. After having her on the calcium carbonate for a few days (so now, just cooked pork and calcium carbonate) I started the Alnutrin.
For 3 meals a day she's now getting the cooked pork and calcium carbonate, and the supper meal is now the full dose of Alnutrin for that meal (I asked them how to calculate per meal).
She doens't like the Alnutrin much plus she is getting very tired of cooked pork. So, I give her a tiny bit of ziwi peak venison (canned food) into her cooked pork juices and Alnutrin to help her eat it. She likes that.
I've had to start using forti flora to help her finish her meals because she is just so tired of cooked pork.
So starting yesterday I've started keep out a sliver or two of meat and giving it raw along with the cooked.
As I increase the Alnutrin meals, the next step will be to add ACV again I think. That can be her prebiotic/fiber.
I've been told to "relax" and "don't worry" about the non-balanced meals but telling someone with an anxiety disorder to "relax" and don't worry" is like telling someone with depression to "snap out of it". I don't find those kind of comments useful even though I know they are well meaning.
Jennie will be back on balanced meals, and probably back to at least 50% raw, before I begin the poop pills.
Well if anyone can make sense of this garbled update I will be impressed.