We've been struggling with Luke's eating for as long as I can remember. I can't even remember a time when he didn't have some sort of rash or gross diapers or something. We've known for awhile that it had to be an allergy to something, but whatever that "something" was has remained elusive. We started with a milk elimination diet, thinking that milk protein was the most likely culprit. It didn't work, so thinking it was a skin reaction, we eliminated fragrance and coloring from all products that touched his skin and clothes. Still nothing. Most recently we've been treating him with benedryl, claritin, and prescription strength hydrocordozone cream, working under the assumption that it was probably multiple allergies and we should just treat the symptoms. It was a solid plan, but even treating the symptoms didn't work. It's like he's developed a resistance to benedryl. Not good...
Finally, enough was enough and we opted to have him allergy tested after his last major breakout. He had hives for four solid days without any improvement. The initial blood panel came back yesterday, and it was both unexpected and not good. We were expecting a whole host of environmental allergens (mold, pollen, trees, etc) but instead it came back with some serious food allergies. He's moderately allergic to peanuts and cats as well as being mildly allergic to bananas and eggs.
I don't really have much more to say about it right now. We're adjusting to an entirely new diet for him, but we're still waiting for the final opinion from the allergist. We see the allergist in a few weeks, so we can hopefully get more perspective on where we need to go from here. Our biggest concern is the peanut allergy, which can lead to a serious reaction, and the cat allergy, which could result in us having to get rid of Tana. I'm not even ready to think about giving up my cat yet. Too sad.
Now we have to wait and see, which I'm horrible at.
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