Diet gone terribly wrong

Blog 4:

We were driving home from the Hospital because they finally discharged my mother. However, they told my family to be careful with what we feed Harrison. As soon as we got back Harrison started to cry and we knew he was hungry. We were given a huge list of foods that Harrison could not eat. This includes cow’s milk, regular formula, meat, fish, cheese, eggs, regular flour, dried beans, nuts, peanut butter and so much more. However, Abby thought it would be funny to secretly feed Harrison the foods she knew he could not eat. Eventually, our family new something was wrong. Within three or four days of Abby doing so, Harrison lost his appetite completely and refused to eat anything we put in front of him. He would also sleep for hours on end, he was vomiting, but worst of all his pee was sweet-smelling. Then we knew something was wrong. We just couldn’t figure it out and if we didn’t figure it out soon the symptoms would start to worsen. Eventually, Harrison would have seizures, go into a coma and then die. Also, MSUD attacks the brain cells because the amino acids that Harrison can’t break down are toxic to the brain. Thankfully, Abby confessed and Harrison’s diet returned back to normal. He started his special medical formula as a substitute for milk. This formula gives him the nutrients and protein he needs while helping keep his BCAA (leucine, isoleucine, and valine) levels low. As soon as we knew it, Harrison was like every other baby.