About 4 or 5 weeks ago (I am a little behind with my posts), Elias started wheezing. He gets a lot of colds from the daycare and only once before had it turned into wheezing. This time just so happened to coincide with me giving him peanut butter for the first time. Matt took him to the doctor, and while she didn't think the wheezing was related to the peanut butter, she put some peanut butter on his cheek for a little test. After about 5 minutes, when she came to wipe it off, he had some hives on his cheek. That can only mean one thing, a trip to the allergist. Ughhhh.
A week or so later, I took him to see the allergist. He was still wheezing a little but at the time, so I got a lesson in the nebulizer which we continued to do at home until the wheezing cleared up (see photo). Then they pricked him to test for possible allergies (not pleasant). Turns out he is allergic to peanut butter, eggs, and dogs. Let me say that again; Elias is allergic to peanut butter, eggs and dogs. Hmmmm...this is not good for us. We are vegetarians, so eggs and peanut butter are great way to get protein, and we aren't planning on getting rid of our 11-year-old dog Sumo anytime soon. When I asked if Elias could have cooked eggs, the PA said it was probably not a good idea. I'm thinking we are going to try it anyway. Only one way to find out for sure.
On the bright side, he isn't allergic to milk or soy...two things he probably was allergic to as an infant. Let's hope he grows out of these just as quickly. Also, we got a notice from the daycare that a child had been diagnosed with bronchiolitis some weeks ago. Symptoms are...you guessed it...wheezing.
Awww! I love peanut butter!!! Hopefully it's just an infant allergy and it can be grown out of.
ReplyDeleteI don't really believe he is allergic to any of these things, especially not eggs or dogs. He has eaten egg yolks and things with eggs in them and lives with a dog. He generally does just fine. I'm not sure you can always believe the doctor.
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ReplyDeleteI think I figured it out!
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ReplyDeleteSara has a similar incident with peanut butter when she was an infant. I didn't do anything as forward-thinking as taking her to an allergist; we just stopped feeding her peanut butter. About 3 years ago we were at a restaurant, and they had peanut butter on the table, so she decided to see if she were still allergic. She put some on her hand. A few minutes later, nothing happened. So she put some on her face.
After she got home - yep - her face swelled up. The experiment was successful. She learned that she was still allergic.
In retrospect, perhaps we should have had her tested. She can generally tell when something is not good for her to eat - she says her tongue tingles and she immediately stops eating it. She had a problem with kiwi last year and had to go to the infirmary at school.
I hope that Storm King can still eat eggs. How do you avoid cooked eggs in everything, anyway?