Hi guys, this post is for me so I can make this note and come back to it later. Ashton had his allergy testing/skin pricks today for the first time in a couple of years. Of note, the cashew allergy seems to have developed and the egg wheal is now bigger than the sesame one! But size does not indicate severity of a reaction, only the certainty that there WILL be a reaction if ingested. Dr. Lee said some kids take until age 16 to grow out of their egg allergy so it could still happen. The sesame and nuts, not likely. Ashton eats walnuts and cashews and his mouth fills with saliva, he pulls at his ears and feels quite sick. The last time he reported his chest tightening and no joke I was thisclose to an epi but the Benadryl kicked in and he was ok. So we are going to start to steadfastly avoid those. He has never liked peas, even super young he claimed they made his mouth itchy but we thought he was just trying to get out of eating them. Fast forward to today, anything with pea protein (which is actually a lot of things, included Reduced Fat Skippy) makes his mouth very itchy. So that's officially documented now too. The only tree nut he is not allergic to at all is pistachio, and he does seem to tolerate almonds and hazelnuts and he is to keep eating those.
Poor Ashton, he was very uncomfortable this morning. No bloodwork needed as the reactions were clear enough that he is not eligible for any food challenges.
