Two Fridays ago I took Finn in to see the allergist. They did some blood work to determine if his craaaaaazy sensitive, break-out-prone skin is just that...crazy skin...or if it is caused by something else.
AND, he has allergies.
UGH.
I was really hoping I was crazy and that it wasn't what my intuition told me it was.
He is off-the-charts allergic to sesame of any kind, which explains his reactions to hummus those two times he has had it.
He is extremely allergic to cats and dogs. Jonas is now very depressed about the dog we will never have, and he wonders how on earth his children will survive a childhood without one, but frankly I'm relieved. While I enjoyed having a dog growing up, I have never wanted to own one as an adult (for about 15 reasons that I can list but I won't)...other than to run with a big dog, but heck, I'll borrow one if I can't get over that desire. ;)
He is also somewhat allergic to egg whites, soy, peanuts, and one other one that I forget right now.
I should have paperwork in front of me to explain all of this, but it never showed up, so I had to call the office today to see what was up. They are sending me the paperwork again, but I'll be taking Finn back in anyway to re-test those 4 "slightly" allergic ones. This last time they did a blood draw, so they'll likely schedule the back skin test to see if they get the same reaction. We'll talk game plan then too.
All of these things are totally in the realm of "easy to live with." Allergic to eggs? So he doesn't eat eggs. Allergic to dogs? So we don't go around dogs. Easy. At least, easy at the first glance....but the food stuff has me more and more concerned as a Mom.
Why on earth do my kids have these allergies??? I'll be doing some more investigating with the doctor I guess. As far as I know, there are no known food allergies on either side of our family tree...so why both my kids get the short end of the stick is beyond me. Poor kiddos. Maybe our genes just mix to create crazy mutations?? ;)
More to come...
