Teddy had his yearly allergist appointment today. It was nice to have an appointment that wasn't dictated by an allergic "event." No shots, no scratch tests.
Teddy did pretty well. He was so nervous that he was going to get a shot! Ruth came to the appointment (she stayed home sick from work with a cold); we both assured him that there was no shot, as did the nurse. It wasn't until he saw the doctor that he was a believer.
There was an incident (last summer?) where right before bed Teddy said that his mouth felt like it does when he has peanut butter. Although we couldn't think where he might have had contact, our policy is that if says it, we believe him. We gave him Benadryl, bundled him up (he was about to go to bed), and headed to the ER. When thinking about it later, we realized that it may have been something in the tropical fruit salsa that we purchased at a local farm stand that they make themselves. We haven't purchased it since. We described it to the doctor, and she thinks it may have been an incident of oral allergy syndrome (OAS), which I also suffer from (can't eat raw cherries, apples, or peaches).
Next up, getting him to the GI.
Susan
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