Another steroid week has come, and gone. E took his last dose of dexomethasone for this month on Monday morning, and we've slowly been seeing his personality re-emerge from the cloud of steroids. We're still early on in Maintenance, but we've seen a different E on each of the last 3 steroid weeks:
- In June, it was like he was on a placebo because there were seemingly no side-effects. No anger, no meltdowns, no increased appetite. It was both strange, and a pleasant surprise.
- In July, it was crazy intense toddler roid-rage.
- This month, August, there was a bit of the rage, but all he wanted to do was eat.
I've seen previous courses of steroids that have generally increased his appetite. With previous courses, his portion sizes had increased, and the spacing between meals had shrunk. This time though, was something else. He wanted to eat nonstop, and it was more sweets he wanted this go around. Cookies, chocolate, graham crackers, yogurt, fruit, and more - he ate it all. And just when he finished, he'd be saying "more", or "eat", and trying to get up into his highchair. He's really solid now, and noticeably heavier when you go to lift him. I swear he must have put on 5 pounds in a week. Now that we're 4 days on from dex, his appetite is returning to more normal levels, but he still seems to be eating a bit more than normal. It'll be interesting to see which E we get during steroid week next month.
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