Thursday, October 2, 2008

Trip to the allergist

Mommy went to the allergist on Monday and today was the soonest she could get me in to see the Pedi Allergist, Dr. Alpan.  So he took one look at me and mommy told him that I went to the hospital for an allergic reaction.  She started to explain what happened and what I was exposed to.  Mommy did a lot of research this week so the doctor had all his facts. He stopped her pretty much in mid sentence and said it was the "tilapia" that sent me to the hospital.  Mommy said how could that be, he's not allergic to shellfish?  Couldn't it be cross contamination?  He said no, so she sent the nurse to go get a sample of tiliplia.  The nurse rubbed a piece of tilapia on my arm and sure enough, I started to itch.  I got a rash on my arm.  It was horrible.  Then I got really itchy and I had to scratch all over.  Mommy couldn't believe it.  She fed me tilapia and that's what did it.  She felt so bad.  Why didn't the doctor tell her he couldn't have fish?  They then tested for tuna and salmon.  Again I was allergic to those too.  Mommy was again, just completely shocked.  So the allergist asked mommy what I was eating and mommy listed out a few foods that she could think of.  So Dr. Alpan decided to test me for those.  So the nurse put a patch test together for me and this is what I had to wear for 2 long days.  I mean really??  Who wears food on their back?  So for 2 days I wore:   Soy, apple,
banana, chicken, peach, corn, oats,  white potato, and barley.     On saturday I get to take the patch off and see how I react to each food.  Hopefully I won't have any reactions.

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