Allergy Update

We went to the dredded Allergy appt on Tuesday. It wasn't AS bad as I was thinking it would be (thank goodness) but it still wasn't very pleasant. Tristan was very sleepy when we got there so I new the outcome was not going to be good no matter what happened. The actual test was over and done with in a matter of a second! They put a mark on his back and took a block looking thing that had needles in it and stamped his back with it. They had to do 2 of these. Of course he cried but he got over it soon. We had to leave it on there for 15 mins without any contact with anything. Immediatley he got several welps that came up and of course he wanted to scratch, poor thing! So we walked him around the entire office looking out the windows and went to the play room and walked the halls, this was the longest 15 mins ever! Finally our timer went off and the doctor and nurse came in to read the results. He is very allergic to Eggs, peanuts and dogs. Also a minor allegy to pollen. So we talked to the dr. and she gave him a some allergy meds to take everyday and gave us a sample of ointment to use on the bad places on his skin as needed. She also sent home an EPI Pen, Lord knows I hope we never have to use this as the pen looks scary itself!!! So now we have to watch what the little man eats and keep him away from the dogs better. Not sure how this is going to go! So far the meds seem to be helping him with the dog issue. I am just scared that he is going to eat something he's not supposed to!

His poor little back after the 15 minute wait for the allergy test.