We took Nora to the allergist to get 8 different foods taped to her back. They'll stay on there for 48 hours. Gross for many reasons. I try not to think about the fact that she'll be wearing rotting chicken, eggs, peanut butter, milk, etc for two days. Yuck! Not to mention the hives that are possibly forming. I predict lots of sleep deprivation! But if it gives us more insight to what her little body can and can't handle, then it's worth it. Less trial and error on my part. At least for now.
We'll post again on Thursday with the results. Of all the 8 foods, I predict that corn will be the only offender. (Since we already know that she's off the charts allergic to soy - we opted not to put her through the torture of putting on her back - again) Hope I'm right!
On another food note. We started feeding her fruits first. All because the Nurse at the hospital (after her GI scope) said that fruits are easiest for kids with EE to digest. So we try feeding her fruits and her body is a mess! I'm thinking, "this girl is never going to be able to eat anything!" But when we went to the allergist last week she said that its true kids with EE do better with fruits first but not all kids with EE have eczema. And kids with Eczema don't do well with fruits. GOOD GRIEF! Please could we get a straight story. Apparently I should have started her out on root vegetables like sweet potatoes and squash first. Which we have done and she is doing just fine. Finally! What a relief to feel like we're finally heading in the right direction. For now...
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Poor little girl! I hope everything works out. My doctor's told us to start with veggies, go figure. I guess doctors only think know everything.
Gee! So much fun for all of you!
I'm totally still learning about all of this stuff, but are these different than the scratch tests? Do they produce different results? Those scratch tests were SO EASY and we tested canon for like 24 different things in 15 minutes. I hope we don't have to do anything like this! Hang in there. Can't wait to see you guys this summer and talk :). Although I'm sure you'll be quite sick of it by then :).
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