I can’t believe I haven’t posted an update since a year ago. Where does the time go?
The last few weeks have been emotional for many people on many levels and for us, this has been no different on the allergy front.
We had Dean’s annual check-up on October 5th. We only tested the borderline allergens, 9 of them, to see if any of them have decreased enough to try an oral food challenge. This process gets tougher each year as Dean is old enough to understand what is about to happen and able to articulate his feelings. While we know this testing is in his best interests, it doesn’t make it any easier to go through. As he is pricked with a needle a total of 13 times to test 9 allergens + 2 controls, draw blood, and get a flu shot while we’re at it, his tears and cries of “Ow! Mom!” and that look of ‘help me’ in those big brown eyes bring me close to tears each time. In his blood testing, the same 9 allergens are tested in addition to his more severe allergens, a total of 21.
1 minute after tiny needle prick of allergen
15 minutes later – Imagine what is happening on the inside if ingested!
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