But it looks like my 21 month old ds is PA. He got his little hands on a peanut at a restaurant and ate it. Within an hour, he was acting very tired, had red eyes, and started vomiting. As we left the restaurant, I noticed hives on his wrist. We quickly gave him Benadryl. We called our pediatrician when we got home because at that point the hives covered ds's stomach, inner arms, and inner thighs. Ped said to give more Benadryl. Looking back, I think we should have called 911 from the restaurant, but I can't change that now.
The next day, the hives were gone, but ds was having breathing issues later that afternoon(asthma/retracting) and we called 911. We ended up in the hospital for a day and a half doing the albuterol/orapred combo.
We met with an allergist the day we got out of the hospital, so now we have our EpiPen Jrs with us at all times. We had the blood test today, so hopefully we will have the results early next week. How long does that usually take?
In the meantime, I have been lurking around here, reading labels, and calling manufacturers about ingredients. Of course, I am also clinging to the small hope (ok, let's just call it denial) that maybe it wasn't a reaction to the peanut.
Thanks for reading this.
welcome to this site.
You sound to me like a sensible parent. You have done the correct thing, and even have epi pens ,( something that I personally had to fight for) and you have recieved some decent medical care.
Feel free to ask any questions on this site, no matter how trivial. If they are allergy related we have all been there at some point.
Severe allergies from any food is hard to adjust to, at least the majority of people today understand that peanut causes nasty reactions.
Take this new allergy management thing one day at a time.
As your child is so young , you are still in control of diet/food.
use this time to read up on allergies, when you see the allergy doc, list on paper the questions you want answered , because you will forget once you get in there !
My son is now 9 yrs and has allergies to,
peanut, all beans, raw egg , kiwi fruit,dog, cat, tree pollen.
Always remember the golden rules to stop you from feeling that you are not managing life allergy wise.
There is always some way you can find a safe food substitute, it may require more effort and planning, but it makes a difference to your childs life, and can be done.
There are many days without a reaction , than there are days with a reaction.
your child will grow up ,drain you of money during the teenage years, grow up to be someones lover, and work/study /have employment, and make you a grandmother.
There are plenty of severe allergic adults out there living normal lives to prove this.
There are many worse things that your child could have other than allergies, even life threatening ones.
Allergies, if thats what you end up dealing with although no picnic, is better than some.
Please post to tell us how things are going,
good luck
sarah ( and and feel free to e-mail me if you want!)