Well it has been a year since Jake has been tested for milk and egg allergy. We last went to the hospital 6 months ago, whereupon they decided to avoid testing him and wait for another further six months due to the reactions that he had been having in the previous 6 months. Jake is that sensitive lately that we have found that if we touch him after having egg on our hands his face will swell as though he has been in a boxing match.
However, with Marks own Tree Nut allergy the doctor did test Jake for hazel and peanut and found he wasn’t allergic which was very good news for us as we were worried and had avoided these completely in his diet.
When it comes to being tested now, Jake is an absolute star. He has never cried and looks at what is going off. They mark 6 points to be tested, a neutral, a positive, egg yolk, egg white, pure milk and powdered milk.
Once the nurse had done her skin pricks he straight away went to scratch which we had to stop and distract him and he just looked at me and went ‘mummy hurty’. He is so brave and he makes me so proud. Jake still has an allergy and where we hoped had improved hadn’t. The bonus is although very painful for him and not nice at all we are not at a stage of an Epi-pen but do have to carry Piriton everywhere. We are back again in a year to test but they have now put him on a list to hopefully carry out some in hospital food challenges. So fingers crossed he will grow out of it.
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