The Neverending Story

At the end of July, Liam was due for another visit to see his allergist, Dr. Wodell.  We were able to keep him off his allergy meds while on vacation in Brigantine, which meant he could finally get some much-needed testing done.  His allergies in the spring and through most of the summer had been so bad that we knew we had to be missing something!

Allergy testing is no fun whatsoever, but you'd never know it from this face!  He was such an awesome trooper throughout the process.  He was tested for a bunch of environmental allergens, along with food allergy-suspect kiwi; all in all, 18 different possible allergens.  He was all smiles in the beginning...

"See my caterpillar tests?"

... but then this started happening.

And this.

The results?  Other than an extremely itchy and uncomfortable kid (with a lollipop in each hand to keep him from scratching!)?

Add these to the list of Liam's allergies:
Kiwi
Dust mites
Trees
Grasses
Weeds
Molds
Dogs

But not these:
Cockroaches (!)
Ragweed
Cats
Horses
Rabbits

Well, that's a relief.

I think we're keeping the makers of Children's Allegra in business.

Still no signs of allergies in Joergen, although he now asks us whether or not certain foods are "safe"-- "Dat safe for me Mommy?  Dat cow milk or soy milk?"  Although mostly unnecessary, I do appreciate that Joergen has taken on some of Liam's allergies as his own.  The boys also like to play a game where one will point to an imaginary peanut, yell "PEANUT!!" and they both run away screaming.  Ha!