Ok, so earlier today mommy took me to see Dr. Alpan, the allergist. She was so angry at him today. When we got there he said, oh what brings you in today??? Ummm....mommy said, yo
u never responded to my e-mail regarding the results of Cody's patch test. **Just a quick
reminder** Cody saw Dr. Alpan on Oct. 2nd regarding Cody's unfortunate trip to the emergency room. Anyway, on the 2nd he put together a patch test for Cody and sent me home to put it on his back. He would wear this patch with 9 different foods on his back for 2 days. The Dr's instructions was to take draw lines around the patch test, take it off, take photos of the results and e-mail it to him so he may review the e-mail and get back to me. So I did all that and the dr. failed to ever look at my e-mail so I had no idea which of the foods Cody was allergic to. I thought that was very unprofessional and the fact that I want to avoid Cody going to the emergency room again. I couldn't believe that the doctor sent me home with the test and didn't even want to see Cody's back in person afterwards, he wanted an e-mail and again did
n't even look at the e-mail to give me his medical opinion. So, below is the photo of Cody's
patch test.
Here is the before photo: under each circle is a piece of food whether it's in a solid form or liquid. He wore this for 2 days on his back.
Here's is the after photo: This is where I had to mark where the patch test was with a marker. I also had to mark where each food item was. So, as you can see, it looks like Cody pretty much reacted to everything. But then again, wouldn't you if you wore food for 2 days on your back or anywhere on your body? As a mom, it's so frustrating because you want your child to be happy and healthy. Ken and I are certainly happy that overall Cody is healthy little boy but we worry that he will eat something that will take him to the hospital again. Allergies are serious and I hope that we will get a better idea of what he can and can't eat and hopefully over time, he will outgrow some of them.
So back to the trip at the allergist. Since the doctor didn't look at the e-mail I sent him, I decided before even coming to the doctor's office to bring my laptop which had several photos of Cody's back, like the one you see above. I plopped that laptop down on the desk and showed him the pictures. I also had the patch test on me. After taking the test off Cody's back, I put it on the paper of instructions that the doctor gave me. He looks at my pictures then looks at the patch test on the paper and writes +, +, -, - +, +, +, +, +. Apparently he claims that Cody had a reaction to everything but apples and bananas. Dr. Alpan then decided that Cody needed to be on a liquid diet. I was baffled??? A liquid diet. He's almost a year old and you want him to drink liquids instead of eat real food? So he explained to me that he wants to see if Cody is truly allergic to food and that food is flaring up his ezcema. The special liquid diet consisted of 3 different types of liquids. Neocate, Ellecare, and Splash. Each liquid is hypoallergenic and is suppose to be a special formula that is designed to help toddlers with their gastrontestical tract. Which the doctor never said anything about that. So it's frustrating. I feel like the doctor is way off base with this and I'm not comfortable with only giving him liquids for a week. He told me to give this to Cody for 1 week. He can have apples and bananas too but stay strickly with the special diet and call him next Friday with the results. Again, he doesn't want to see Cody in person, he just wants me to call him. So again, I will follow his instructions even if I don't feel believe it will work, Cody's best interests is my priority. So, he sends us home but before that, the nurse put another patch test on Cody's back. This time it's rice. This whole putting food on my son's back is getting really old now. So he wears this for 2 days, I take it off and look at the results. Hopefully he doesn't have a reaction to rice.
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