Jay was tested for 13 different things. I really wish they'd given me a list of what those 13 things were. He came up quite allergic to shellfish, cats, and trees.
I think that E was tested for more than 20 things. His positives were peanuts, tree nuts (especially cashews), eggs, sesame, shellfish, fish, cats, dogs, horses, trees, and grasses. We already knew about some of those things, but he'd tested negative to horses in the past. We'd been avoiding sesame and all fish just because they're highly allergenic, and now I'm glad that we did!
We'd originally been told that kids generally aren't tested for environmental allergies until they're at least three years old, but they told us today that they've started seeing environmental allergies in younger children, so they went ahead and tested E after we told the doctor about the time he was sitting out in the grass and came in with hives all over the back of his legs!
Both boys were very brave, even though I was cringing as I saw the welts on little E's arms. A couple of them (peanuts and cashews) were so large that they merged with the welts next to them!
We walked away with 13 prescriptions, and now have two children carrying EpiPens!
The doctor wants to see E again in September since his asthma has gotten bad enough in past Septembers that he had to be hospitalized.
She wants Jay to go to a clinic at the hospital that they hold once a month where both allergist and dermatologists are present, and work together to come up with solutions for kids with allergies and eczema. I'm excited about that and am praying that they can help my itchy little guy!
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