Palfreymans

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Allergy testing

Chase has had different issues with his skin and some breathing difficulties off and on since he was very little. He gets secondary infections due to the scratching of his itchy skin, which brings us into the doctor for antibiotics.  About a year ago, we were referred to a dermatologist, who we have seen and gave us a routine for dealing with his ezcema.  That included tons of medication, bleach baths, no fabric softener, etc.  Well, this past December he got another pretty bad infection around his scratching sores, so back we went.  This time we were referred to an allergist.  Last week I took Chase in for some testing.  He was such a brave boy.  Not a single tear was shed all day.  This is Chase being tested.  This was from a bunch of needles being poked on his back with different allergens.  
 This is the results.  He was determined to be highly allergic to cats and cat hair, dogs, sagebrush, mold (in the air) and eggs.  Due to the egg allergy, we were sent to the hospital for a blood draw (remember I said he didn't shed a tear...he didn't flinch either).  Blood was drawn to see how allergic to eggs he was, since eggs are in darn near everything (including some root beer).  We just got a call that he tested really low and we were told no need to take away egg products from him in baked goods, just not to give him straight egg (Hallelujah!!)

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