1) We were plodding along in our normal, ordinary, sodium filled lives unaware of the changes that laid in waiting around the corner.
2) We would have thought FSGS was just something that happened randomly when you stirred your Alphabet Soup, not that we ever thought about it.
3) We thought canned Alphabet Soup (or any canned soup for that matter) was a healthy lunch option.
4) We thought low sodium soy sauce was a healthy alternative.
5) We had no idea that we would spend hours wandering the grocery store aisles reading food labels on a seemingly impossible quest for low sodium food.
One week ago we went to bed thinking we'd be seeing the doctor in the morning, no idea our daughter would be admitted to the hospital, undergo a kidney biopsy, and emerge from the hospital two days later with a diagnosis we could not say, nor spell.
One week later we are just at the beginning of this journey and the first change we need to make is to drastically reduce our daughter's sodium intake. Looks like we will all join along on this low sodium lifestyle with her. I am hoping this blog will help us in some way. If nothing else, our gal will be able to look back and see how far we've come.
Here's where I'd close with some salt-free quip or low sodium slogan, but I got nothin' ....
So long for now.
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