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We are still here! It has been almost a year-and-a-half since my last post. As you can see, the kiddos have really grown! January is birthday month. Buddy is now 12 and Tootsie is 10! They are doing really well, but we still have little bumps in the road here and there. Buddy hasn't needed SIBO or yeast treatment since my last post. Tootsie has needed it once. We now see a naturopath in Seattle that has her on a low dose of erythromycin, every night at bedtime, for the next 6 months. We'll check in with the doctor after 6 months to see if we should continue this regimen. The erythromycin is being used to stimulate the cleansing waves in her intestine while she sleeps. SIBO is a disorder that relapses because eradication itself does not always correct the underlying cause, which is thought to be a deficiency of the migrating motor complex ( MMC ) in many cases. The MMC moves bacteria down into the large intestine during fasting at night and between meals, clea