First Allergy Results Are In!

I spoke with Jack's allergist today. He is negative for allergies to Vanilla, Cocoa, and Strawberries. Unfortunately he does have an allergy to oats. On a scale of 1-6 they said his antibody level was a 3. I'm not sure how useful this number is because when I asked what it means clinically she said that he could have anything from nasal congestion to anaphylactic shock. That's some spectrum! We carry EpiPens now so we're always prepared. In retrospect I remembered a few things that might have been clues. When we tried to give him oat cereal he fussed and refused it. When he had bad eczema over the winter I gave him oatmeal baths and it seemed like it made it worse. At the time I thought maybe it was just being in water but maybe it was the oats?

We're still waiting on a bunch of other labs to come back including the big ones like dairy, wheat, eggs and a few others.

I guess the poor guy won't be getting any more Cheerios. It's weird because he really seemed to like those and I'm pretty sure that has oats. I know that sometimes with allergies the more you're exposed the worse it will get and one day you can have a major response. We'll take him off everything oat. I guess it could be worse though. Imagine if it was vanilla or cocoa? No ice cream or candy!

Vic