Allergies

About 6 weeks ago we began seeing a nutritionist for just some healthy food healthy food suggestions and just over some food guidance. Zavier began seeing her for belly pain. He has off and on the last several years complained of belly pain. He was "treated" with a laxative, which did take care of the problem enough for it to go back into hiding for several months. As it started to flair up again I made him an appointment to seen and she said wheat allergy/intolerance. So we cut out wheat and added some supplements to heal his belly and the damage the wheat had done to his belly. He greatly improved to the point that "if" he gets wheat (occasionally by mistake at school) he knows it and his belly will hurt. He is now on a completely wheat free diet and is doing wonderful with it. He has almost cut out all the healing supplements.

Zander went in to see the nutritionist about his umbilical hernia as either it or his belly have been bothering him lately. He had popped up with red cheeks (shortly after Abbie had Fifth's disease) but the N thought it could also be a food allergy, but since it also could be 5ths decided to wait and see. His face did get worse and worse and began have flare ups with things he ate. It wasn't anything particular as sometimes it seemed like it could just irritation from "always" having food on his face. I took him in to the clinic to get an allergy referral because I just didn't know where to eliminate something. We did try wheat for about 10 days and there was no change.  We went down to Portland over spring break and upon returning home his face was cleared up. The next day he got up and had scrambled eggs in coconut oil and his face broke out again. We got a clue that it must be the coconut oil. I stopped making any foods with coconut oil and went to just butter as we've given up most other oils at this point. His face cleared up slightly, but still continued to flare up on occasion but was always red still.

We had our allergy appointment yesterday with the results from his blood draw at the initial dr appointment in early April, and it came back positive for eggs and grass (they don't test for coconut). I was like thank you finally something. However the allergist didn't seem to think I should stop giving him eggs because I have a red face and we're both very light skinned. (Okay side note when involved in a discussion with the spotlight on me I do tend to get a red face and or chest. However it is not always like that). However he hasn't had eggs in 48 hours and when I wiped his face after lunch there was a pale white skinned kid.

I really liked the allergist other than the fact that she told me not to eliminate what was upsetting his face. Zander is a bit more difficult of a child and a picky eater so up until probably Dec he would only occasionally eat eggs (scrambled or fried). When we moved in this house I did make them breakfast more often so he was eating them more and then when we took wheat out of Zavier's diet breakfast has been either cereal or eggs. That is my conclusion as to why it has gotten to the point where his face was like that. Either way I am not going to feed him something that will intentionally upset his body when it is just as easy to NOT feed it to him. She did say baked eggs might not cause the same reaction, so I did put them in my meatloaf we're eating for dinner and we'll just see what happens and go from there.

Zander also started sneezing after they mowed the grass this week so he'll be on the natural allergy meds for the season as Zavier does as well.
So for the allergy record
Zayden-cats
Zavier-cats, dogs, trees, grass (wheat intolerance/allergy)
Zander-eggs and grass