Asher has been making some progress in the allergy department lately. Last month Tyler took him in for a wheat challenge. That involves taking Asher in, giving him some wheat, and then waiting a couple of hours to see if he has a reaction. He passed! There was little to no response so we've officially added wheat to his diet. That mostly means that he gets a wider variety of cereals to choose from in the morning and now when I make him special bread or baked goods I can use regular flour and only have to worry about avoiding the milk and eggs. Unfortunately, regular bread and pasta are still out but we'll take what we can get.
Last week Asher went back in and did his yearly allergy testing. We got the results back today.
Last year's numbers:
Peanut - 7.49
Milk - 11.8
Egg - 34.4
Wheat - 16.5
This year's numbers:
Peanut - 4.7
Milk - 6.19
Egg - 33.2
Wheat - N/A
His doctor was really encouraged to see that his numbers came down so much in the peanut and milk. We even were able to schedule a baked milk challenge (scheduled on his birthday). Apparently, some kids will respond differently to milk that has been baked (in cookies, cake, etc) than they will to regular milk. It would add just a little variety to his diet and would give him even more exposure to milk so he would hopefully grow out of it sooner. His egg numbers are pretty stagnant so I'm not sure that's looking as good as we would hope. There's your yearly update.
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Hooray! I'm so excited to see those numbers drop. This was hard to imagine 3 years ago!
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