Just getting over the shock of our allergy appointment on the 15th. Both Abbey & Gabe had skin tests. I walked in with no expectations & walked out feeling a whole lot more comfortable sending Abbey to kinder next year.
After Abbey being diagnosed with dairy, egg ,peanut allergies & probable anaphylaxis at 6 mths & avoiding all traces since then, she tested NEGATIVE to eggs and peanuts. The allergist and nurse couldn't believe it & re-tested both, especially as her Dad &Grandfather both have egg allergies that they haven't outgrown. Her reaction for cows milk was 4mm & her allergist wants to do a food challenge for that in hospital! Gabe was tested for all nuts for the 1st time and was negative to all, and again neg for egg. His dairy was 10mm though & still has his epi-pen for that. So my immediate challenge is to slowly introduce egg & peanut butter to them both & then soy for Gabe. Gabe is currently on rice milk after only having a 3mm reaction to soy at 9 mths but reacting(eczema) the few times I have tried to introduce it to him. I started on the egg this week. Their allergist said to challenge the same food at the same time for them, but just don't start on the same day. So I started by boiling an egg last week (she said to start on the yolk of a hard-boiled egg). And immediately Abbey asked what is that "poohey smell". Needless to say she didn't try any that 1st day. So Gabe got the 1st smear on his lip and was ok with that. The next day he got 1/4 tsp mixed in his jam on his toast because he wasn't going to eat it off the spoon. And it took me over an hr to smear a tiny bit on Abbey's lip. Tomorrow I will have to try some kind of disguise for her.It's so totally weird to have eggs in the house after 3 yrs. I only used to use them in cooking, as Aaron is allergic & I've never been a huge egg fan anyway. So I can't say I blame them for not wanting to try a new "poohey" smelling food. The week of egg yolk challenging was a long week, and I am now sick of egg myself!!! We managed it though & both had no reaction at all to egg yolk. To get it in I made egg yolk custard with rice milk (very thin consistency) & ended up having to add it to their milk. And french toast. Abbey hated the toast & ended up with more custard milk. Despite being very confused about what she can and can't eat now, she understands on some level that she will be able to eat more cake & the like soon! And Abbey is very confused now about what she can & can't eat. She keeps asking me about different things & what they have in them. This week is egg white which is easy. I made meringues & they love them!
Definitely makes 3 yrs of no traces & stress worth it! We have decided after we have challenged peanut butter, that we will go back to a peanut butter free house until we know what allergies (if any??) Hamish has. Hamish has already got the tell-tale signs of eczema & is trying to scratch his head a lot. So until we have the all clear with him for peanut and egg, we still need to be careful. But yeah very happy with our progress in the world of allergies. We are now at a point that I didn't think we would reach when Abbey was diagnosed. I know I haven't challenged her with the PB yet, but I don't think I have even heard of anyone outgrowing a peanut allergy!
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