The information presented in this article is anecdotal and should not be confused research articles found in the New England Journal of Medicine. I am not a doctor and have not subjected my story to the rigors of double blind studies or peer review. This medical history is based on my life, or more accurately the life of my Son. It's a story of restoration, of searching and finding and ultimately,finding the magic bullet.

Four years ago, when my Son was three years old, my wife and I observed mucus in his stool. As time went by things got worse. Everyday he had multiple bowel movements that were either entirely mucus or partially mixed with mucus. The mucus was bad enough, but we soon realized that he wasn't growing. The doctor, our family physician, had his stool tested for worms, but it came back negative. My wife, who tends to lean to toward naturopathic medicine, suggested we go see a naturopath. After a few trips to the naturopathic doctor, who coincidentally was also a homeopath, we embarked on regime of diet change, a battery of candida purges and whole raft of oils, pills and homeopathic remedies. None of it worked.

Myself, not impressed with naturopathy, wanted to try a gastroenterologist. After meeting with the gastroenterologist our Son underwent a cacophony of tests. It was so thorough that our pediatrician called it the "million dollar work up". The tests revealed nothing. He did not have chromes disease, cystic fibrosis, inflammatory bowel disease or any other number of diseases that he was tested for. What he did have, was a very full bowel. Our pediatrician and gastroenterologist were baffled. How could a kid be so backed up when he had multiple bowel movements each day? Finally, the gastroenterologist decided to flush his system and give him a colonoscopy. The poor kid was a trooper through the whole procedure, but in the end, it revealed nothing. A few weeks after the colonoscopy the gastroenterologist asked for another stool sample. Two weeks later we received a phone call with the results. The gastroenterologist informed us that our son had C.difficile, a bacterial infection. The specialist advised putting him on an anti-biotic, which we agreed too. After taking the anti-biotic for two weeks, we took another stool sample and sent it off to the lab. We returned to the doctor a month later to find out that the C. difficile was gone, but we informed the doctor that the problem with the mucus and bloating was still a day to day problem. My wife, worried that the anti-biotic had wiped out our Son's flora asked the doctor whether he could prescribe a probiotic (to replace the flora). The gastroenterologist agreed and suggested we try Saccharomyces Boulardii. We had use a different probiotic before (during the time with the Naturopath), but the gastroenterologist wanted to use this one because he said studies had shown it to be more effective.

We ordered the Saccharomyces Boulardii and started giving our Son one pill a night. Within seven days the mucus was gone. His bowel movements were perfect. Ten months have passed since he started taking Saccharomyces Boulardii and the mucus has not returned. Many times my wife and I have talked about our Son's journey and have often wondered how much time and money we would have saved if we would have tried the Saccharomyces Boulardii first. I am unwilling to say that it will work for all cases, but for our Son, it was the only thing that made any difference. Our only regret is that we didn't find out about it earlier.