Bowel Moments
Bowel Moments
Alicia Barron and Robin Kingham
Andrea P.'s journey with VEO IBD and the SCD
48 minutes Posted Mar 18, 2026 at 7:00 am.
Welcome To Battle Moments
Drinks And Quick Icebreaker
Bloody Stools To A UC Diagnosis
Finding Support You Can Trust
Trauma, Meds, And Second Opinions
Building A Whole Person Care Team
Learning IBD From Scratch
Functional Testing And What It Shows
Helping A Child Live With SCD
Expanding Foods While Tracking Markers
Documenting Symptoms And Advocating
Moon And Co And Their Mission
Final Advice And Community Hope
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Send us Fan Mail Your baby is bleeding, no one has a clear answer, and you’re expected to make high stakes decisions while running on zero sleep. That’s the reality Andrea Potvin lived when her daughter developed bloody stools at five months old and was ultimately diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at just 10 months old, a form often described as very early onset IBD (VEO-IBD). We talk through the winding road to diagnosis, the crushing pace of pediatric hospital life, and what it’s like to t...