The allergist

Last Monday we found a really great allergist for Shane. They were great with kids and got us in and out of the office very quickly! She did the classic scratch test on Shane's back and we learned that Shane is still allergic to milk and peanuts, but he is also allergic to eggs as well now! We left with a new prescription for and epi pen (for school) and a recommendation to get him re-tested at age 5. The doctor believes that Shane will outgrow all of his food allergies! Good news!


But now it looks like I should have taken Jonah along with me to the allergist. Last night I took him to ER because he had an allergic reaction. We think that it was from a pecan, but are going to get him tested asap to see what other foods are involved. It appears that he has developed a tree nut allergy despite eating them very frequently. So we are steering clear of any tree nuts or peanuts with Jonah until he gets the allergy testing completed. Very strange indeed!


I have learned so much from all of these food allergy experiences, but am incredibly amazed at how many people are completely uninformed about food allergies. I am truly thinking about putting together a food allergy presentation that can be used to educate teachers and parents in the local schools. It is shocking when I think through all of the misinformation floating around. This week I told somebody that Shane was extremely allergic to milk and they asked if he could eat foods with milk in them, but just not drink milk? Ummm NO! Pretty scary right?

Luckily jonah is feeling better today. Wyatt said that him and Sam were going to make a gift card for Jonah so that he would feel better. These boys think of everything!