Allergies?

I ain't got no stinkin' allergies!

A little history. Michael was diagnosed with a milk protein allergy at 3 weeks. He was put on Alimentum, a hypoallergenic formula. Several weeks later, the poor guy still had blood in his stool, signifying an allergy to the Alimentum. He was then put on Neocate, a super-expensive, super-hypoallergenic formula that caused super gas and super-nasty poop. At three months, we switched to Isomil (soy) and he's seemed pretty content on it since then.

About three weeks ago, Michael developed a weird rash circular rash on his bum. It spread and got worse over the next week and I took him to the doctor. After trying several things, it just got worse and the doctor suggested that it might be eczema caused by a food allergy.

We went to the allergist today and the doctor said right away that his rash was NOT an allergy rash (likely just a persistent yeast infection). He did a prick test for cow's milk, milk protein, peas and barley, all of the things that have been a little suspicious in the past. All of them came back negative for allergy!! Yay! He's not even allergic to milk! I was so scared that he'd be one of those poor kids that has to carry around an epi pen and avoid being in a house with certain foods. The doctor didn't even test for soy. He said that since he's been on the soy formula for five months with no adverse reactions, he's not allergic to it. He did say that he has sensitive skin and that his stomach could still get upset when exposed to milk. Those are food intolerances, not food allergies and most kids outgrow them pretty early on. Who knows, maybe he'll even be able to have cake on his 1st birthday!

I've got to give a shout out to the man upstairs. I've been praying on this allergy thing for awhile and He has helped me through. Never question the power of prayer.

Until next time,

Mommy Kel