The Results are In
We survived allergy testing. Eli was a champ and did as well as can be expected. The test ended up being pretty painful because he had a few very large reactions.
He is HIGHLY allergic to trees and cats. The allergist said the tree reaction was the worst he's seen in a 4 year old EVER. He is going to come up with a treatment plan after the Winter so we can start pre-treating him before the trees "wake up" for Spring.
I'm feeling ok with the results. The allergist feels as though the tree allergy is directly linked to his asthma issues so I'm happy to have found a correlation there. The mystery rashes Eli gets are still unknown so an auto-immune issue could still be at play, but the new cream from his dermatologist has been working well so I think we will take a hiatus from doctors until after the holidays and then re-evaluate what we want to do, if anything.
Although I'm happy to have some answers, I don't feel settled at all. Between being high needs, having an anxiety disorder and struggling with rashes and severe allergies it all just seems too much for a little guy. At 4 your life is just starting to get bigger than mom and dad and his world just seems so hard. I feel blessed that his issues are relatively minor, but as a mother my heart still hurts that he has to bear much more than the average 4 year old.
He is HIGHLY allergic to trees and cats. The allergist said the tree reaction was the worst he's seen in a 4 year old EVER. He is going to come up with a treatment plan after the Winter so we can start pre-treating him before the trees "wake up" for Spring.
I'm feeling ok with the results. The allergist feels as though the tree allergy is directly linked to his asthma issues so I'm happy to have found a correlation there. The mystery rashes Eli gets are still unknown so an auto-immune issue could still be at play, but the new cream from his dermatologist has been working well so I think we will take a hiatus from doctors until after the holidays and then re-evaluate what we want to do, if anything.
Although I'm happy to have some answers, I don't feel settled at all. Between being high needs, having an anxiety disorder and struggling with rashes and severe allergies it all just seems too much for a little guy. At 4 your life is just starting to get bigger than mom and dad and his world just seems so hard. I feel blessed that his issues are relatively minor, but as a mother my heart still hurts that he has to bear much more than the average 4 year old.
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