This is a documentary of Paris Houk living with short bowel syndrome and malabsorption secondary to bowel resection due to ileal atresia at birth. Because of surgical removal of most her small intestine, she is unable to digest and absorb food normally. This resulted in the need of nutritional support of (TPN)and enteral feeding through a tube in her stomach. At the age of four she was able to have the central line removed and was completly dependent on enteral feeding of Petaman Jr.
Paris Houk 9 years old
Paris 8 years old
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
bleeding gums from maulnutrition
Today we discovered that Paris had a rotten smell coming from her mouth. We found her gums have started rotting. It smells like spoiled milk. I'm thinking this is a sign of maulnution.
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