Annual Visit ... Continued

So a bit of good news from the blood draw.
Anything less than 0.2 is negligible, so almond and sesame are very low.
We heard back from the nurse at the allergist office... she said our Dr would like us to try almond at home (based on our history and previous discussions) and they would like to do an in-office challenge for sesame.

First the peanut looks slightly worse, and egg looks around the same.  Unfortunately the peanut is still very serious.  The "class" doesn't really describe the severity of the allergy, but the likelihood of an anaphylactic reaction.

Almond at home... I purchased Nuttzo butter which has like 7 different nuts and seeds in the butter including almond. They have another kind with peanut but it's made in a separate facility.  I have so far snuck the butter under some cream cheese on her bagel.. she didn't really like it. She's so picky she even hates nut butter substitutes that i have tried in the past.  I have also snuck Nuttzo into a strawberry banana smoothie.  So far so good (I secretly want to say YAY but want to wait a bit longer to make sure we have continued success). We will do it early in the morning on a weekend when we have no immediate plans.. so that we can monitor.  I hope it continues to go well and we can reintroduce tree nuts in our home.  Although Andi will still only be allowed to have nuts that were not processed in a facility with peanuts, which is pretty limiting still.

Sesame challenge... the appointment list is FIFTEEN months out. That's right, our appointment is in Feb 2019.  With the knowledge that appointments get canceled all the time and there is a waitlist and we will likely be seen at some point this year.  A "challenge" is when the allergist monitors your consumption of the allergen in the office in case there is a reaction.  They will recommend this when your skin and blood testing shows close to negligible.  Her sesame still had a hive this time while the almond did not.  I'm hoping we can eliminate sesame, it will open the possibility of more breads and stuff like that, although again still items that are not from a facility with peanut.

Tough luck on growing out of the unbaked egg and peanut so far.  Hanging in there.

We have also been going through some challenges with Andi and PFAPA syndrome.  That is for a whole different type of blog.  It's an auto inflammatory condition that is causing her to have high fevers that are cyclical (ours are every 3-4 weeks).  We just had our 7th fever in 6 months.  Luckily those tonsils and adenoids are coming out in December.  *send all the good vibes*

Here is the blood work, nearly 2 years apart, for comparison:

        

New challenge: Exposing Reyna to peanut and egg in the house. Not mentally there yet.