So Reyna checked out well! So far negative skin prick to peanut, almond, sesame & egg. We will start giving her food soon and the allergist wants us to make sure she gets eggs and peanut exposure which will be tricky to do in our peanut-free house! going to have to make a little zone for her and do it right before bath or something!!
For Andi I asked about other tree nuts as well, because i want to start getting some tree nuts that are safe for her to eat. Luckily she was still negative to cashew, hazelnut, pecan, pistachio, walnut. The GOOD NEWS is that the almond was negative! The sesame was also "smaller" this time! Egg was about the same and peanut was actually a bit worse, which is sad.
Here are the measurements from last year and this year:
(one is the size of the hive and one is the size of the overall redness)
So since we had good news with the almond the Dr suggested a blood draw to test her IgE levels to see what comes back on the almond, and I guess if it comes back ok we might do a food challenge. Being able to eat tree nuts would help somewhat, although shared facility for peanuts is the biggest challenge.
Since it's my only day off with Andi for the foreseeable future, I took her right over to the lab for a pediatric blood draw. The guy was definitely on the B team. Not good. in fact she's never had such a horrible blood draw. he tried twice and i wanted to punch him in the face so bad. another guy came in and got it. she was a slight bit dehydrated but still.
so skin pricks, flu shot and blood draw... I got her an ice-cream from Chick Fil A... she earned it!! She was one exhausted kid and I am one exhausted momma!
