I'm trying to figure out what to do about DS' egg allergy when he starts Kindergarten next year. He does not seem to be contact allergic. His SPT is at a 4+ and reacts to egg in baked goods and the flu shot. He has epipens and a plan in place at his preschool. For now, he is supposed to avoid peanuts and nuts, even though he has not tested postive for those.
The allergist said it was very unlikely that he would outgrow this level of egg allergy in just one year, although he will probably ultimately outgrow it.
Should he wear an epibelt in Kindergarten? Eat at a separate table like his PA/TNA sister? I was really hoping I wouldn't have to go through the whole 504 plan headache with the school again, but it looks like he's not going to outgrow in time for Kindergarten.
Do any of you have a 504 for egg allergy? I'm thinking he should probably have one, I'm just not sure.
Cathy
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Mom to 7 yr old PA/TNA daughter and 3 1/2 yr old son who is allergic to eggs.
Our 504 includes information about DD's egg allergy. Her situation is a bit more extreme than you are describing, but we would have needed the 504 for the EA alone.
Does his allergist want to avoid contact? If so, I think you'll need one in order to avoid what could even be MORE problems inside the classroom than PA presents. I mean: royal icing, hatching chicks, pet foods, eggshell mosaics, recycled materials, you name it. It is really obnoxiously ubiquitous in science and craft projects in K-3.
That's my long-winded way of explaining that you probably should. [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/smile.gif[/img]
Good luck. (Convincing people of the severity of DD's EGG allergy has actually been worse than educating about her peanut allergy, FWIW.)
Dd`s elementary school would have done it. Their belief was that any allergy severe enough to be carrying an epi needed a 504. If dd were only egg allergic and she had an epi for it, I would get a 504. That way everything is spelled out. After all, it is still life threatening or your child would not have an epi.
Sigh... Yes, I think you are both right. We are very careful at home (no eggs in the house) and he has a food allergy management plan at his preschool.
I guess it's just that I was expecting him to outgrow it by now--DD outgrew her egg allergy at 3. Now that I think about it, she was never as reactive to egg as he is.
It all seemed very clear with DD's peanut/treenut allergy because she is contact reactive and very sensitive to PN. I knew as soon as I found out about it that she needed a 504 plan. Also, I started her wearing the epibelt and eating at the PF table because I expect her allergy to be lifelong and I consider it training for her on how to handle her allergy. I haven't quite wrapped my brain around the idea of a persistent egg allergy.
Corvallis Mom, you don't expect your daughter to outgrow egg, is that correct? Have you always expected her allergies to be lifelong?
Cathy
You may remember from my previous posts that my dd had an ana reaction to egg and I had to use the epi. It can happen. She finally outgrew it at age 9. Better to be prepared for that small possibility (ana reaction and needing epi) by having a 504.
Well, I don't know if "expected them to be lifelong" is quite right...
We try not to think too much about it, honestly. Kind of like Jason's family, we just live day to day and do what we need to.
Truthfully? No, I don't expect her to outgrow egg. Her allergist's reaction to her RAST at age 5 tells me that his hope is also fading in a big way. DD doesn't expect to, either. Her reactions have become much, much worse to far smaller exposures-- and she's NEVER had a large exposure. The most contaminated things she's ever had have been very lightly crossed from shared lines, not overtly "contains." It has only been in the last 18 months that she can't be around warm egg-containing products without developing hives on exposed skin. (These aren't actually places where eggs are being prepared, mind you, just heated foods that contain them.) She's had several technically anaphylactic reactions to traces of egg (grade 1 or 2 only-- Benadryl, not epi). She has gotten a runny nose being around those exhibits that "hatch chicks" at fairs and environmental expositions.
So I would definitely encourage you to seek a 504. If anything, it may speed him outgrowing, right? But just like a milk allergy, this one is very rough to accommodate in a classroom without total removal of food and food containers.
[img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/smile.gif[/img] Good luck.
OK. I'm planning to have him retested in Feb. so I will know what we're dealing with by registration time in March. If he's still allergic then, I plan to go for the 504. I can't justify doing less for him than I've done for his sister.
Cathy
Our 504 includes information about DD's egg allergy. Her situation is a bit more extreme than you are describing, but we would have needed the 504 for the EA alone.
Does his allergist want to avoid contact? If so, I think you'll need one in order to avoid what could even be MORE problems inside the classroom than PA presents. I mean: royal icing, hatching chicks, pet foods, eggshell mosaics, recycled materials, you name it. It is really obnoxiously ubiquitous in science and craft projects in K-3.
That's my long-winded way of explaining that you probably should. [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/smile.gif[/img]
Good luck. (Convincing people of the severity of DD's EGG allergy has actually been worse than educating about her peanut allergy, FWIW.)
Dd`s elementary school would have done it. Their belief was that any allergy severe enough to be carrying an epi needed a 504. If dd were only egg allergic and she had an epi for it, I would get a 504. That way everything is spelled out. After all, it is still life threatening or your child would not have an epi.
Sigh... Yes, I think you are both right. We are very careful at home (no eggs in the house) and he has a food allergy management plan at his preschool.
I guess it's just that I was expecting him to outgrow it by now--DD outgrew her egg allergy at 3. Now that I think about it, she was never as reactive to egg as he is.
It all seemed very clear with DD's peanut/treenut allergy because she is contact reactive and very sensitive to PN. I knew as soon as I found out about it that she needed a 504 plan. Also, I started her wearing the epibelt and eating at the PF table because I expect her allergy to be lifelong and I consider it training for her on how to handle her allergy. I haven't quite wrapped my brain around the idea of a persistent egg allergy.
Corvallis Mom, you don't expect your daughter to outgrow egg, is that correct? Have you always expected her allergies to be lifelong?
Cathy
You may remember from my previous posts that my dd had an ana reaction to egg and I had to use the epi. It can happen. She finally outgrew it at age 9. Better to be prepared for that small possibility (ana reaction and needing epi) by having a 504.
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