You know the ones.
They're responsible for ruining lunchtime. They're responsible for the demise of classroom birthday cupcakes. You can spot them by their medical ID bracelets.
Sigh.
Katie's allergic to peanuts, AND soy, AND eggs. We're to avoid any products containing these things as well as cashews, pistachios, sunflower, safflower and flax. We also have to be cautious of sneaky tree nuts, menacing mangoes, and other leery legumes.
She didn't test positive for any airborne allergies though - grass, mold, trees, etc. But, the doc checked out her nose and said that it definitely looks as if she has some sort of hay feverish thing going on. She also has large adnoids, which causes her to snore.
So avoidance is key. We're to limit her intake of these things as much as we can. I guess the more exposure they get, the greater the reaction can be. We have to go back in October for a follow-up visit and more testing. I guess some sort of blood test to check levels on all the offenders. Hey, did you know that there is EGG in a flu vaccine? They have to do a special test on Katie to make sure that she won't have a reaction to next years flu vaccine.
After we left the appointment, I went searching for a whole wheat bread that had no high fructose corn syrup and no soy in it. Um. Yeah. I finally found an organic loaf for like 6 bucks. I got it home and Katie ate it up. Then I read the info. packet that the doc gave me and remembered about the sunflower/safflower thing. The bread had both of those oils in it. Dammit!
So, I did pretty good absorbing all the info at the docs until they told me about the EpiPen. We have to carry a set of two EpiPens with us at all times in case of a severe allergic reaction. Then it sunk in that there is the possibility that if we didn't react fast enough that Katie could die if she ate a stupid peanut.
Stupid peanuts.
