Allergies All Around!

We were anxious to hear back from Gavin's allergist.  We emailed the doctor, 3 weeks after the draw, to inquire.  We learned that he is allergic to peanuts, egg whites and garlic.  He had not yet received the remaining results.  We emailed again yesterday, 4 weeks after the blood draw, to ask again.  We learned that his IgE was normal (11).  He also reported that he is Vitamin D Deficient.  His result were 21.5, with normal being between 30-100.  He recommended starting Vitamin D3 2000 IU daily as a supplement.  He also said we need to eliminate peanuts, egg whites and garlic 100%.   We're supposed to report back if this treatment plan doesn't result in improvement in a month.

Just days after being diagnosed with a double ear infection and Upper Respiratory Infection, Brennan had an allergic reaction over the weekend!  He's never had peanut butter, telling us that he "doesn't like it." He had a few raisins and craisins out of a bag of trail mix.  Within a few minutes, he looked like this:

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We took him to Urgent Care, but it closed 5 minutes before we got there.  Since the reaction seemed to be contained to his eye, we decided not to take him to the ER.  We gave him allergy medicine, which helped with the itching and redness.  By the next day, his eye returned to normal.

We were able to get him into a local allergist today and a prick test was completed.  He desperately wanted to itch his back, trying to roll onto his back on this exam table and rub his back on Mommy while sitting on her lap.  He tested positive for a peanut allergy and was given a prescription for Epipens.  We're supposed to  avoid all peanuts, including foods fried in peanut oil and foods manufactured in plants with peanuts.  He is able to have tree nuts. We'll go back in a year to refill his Epipen prescription.