Sadie on Steroids

Immediately after sadie was diagnosed, she was started on steroids twice a day for about 30 days.  We were told by the doctors and nurses that our child would no longer look like our child.  They were absolutely right.  The steroids changed her appearance drastically and the effects of the steroids lasted long after they were stopped.  She gained about 10lbs in a matter of weeks, and her face took on that "moon shape" that we were told was associated with these particular steroids.  I couldnt believe it.  The med made her so hungry that she was seriously waking up at 3:00am to eat.  She ate things that she had never tried in her life and things that she will probably never eat again. She got so big that it was hard for her to move her own weight.  At one point she couldnt even roll over or sit up by herself.  One day in particular she ate 14 sausage links within a few hours.  She would sit and eat whole jars of pizza sauce.  Food consumed her every thought. She could not get enough. If she saw food, she wanted it, even if it was on the way to your mouth.  If you wanted to keep your meal, you had to hide and eat it.  On the days that she had a procedure, she couldnt eat for so many hours before, and it was pure hell.  I can not express to you the chaos we experienced on these days.  She went from thin and sickly, to large and plump, and back again to thin and sickly.  Its nothing for her to not eat for days at a time now.  On those days, i kinda wish she was back on the steroids.