The Allergist

We finally took Miles to the allergist this morning. You may remember that back in May, Miles broke out in hives after getting peanut all over his face. We got a referral to see an allergist, but I have been putting it off because I thought that it would involve poking with needles and tears.

Good news on all fronts. Allergy testing no longer involves needles and there were no tears. We met with Dr. Min this morning (who was awesome) and Miles was tested for allergies to peanuts, cashews, walnuts, pecans, and pistachios plus a negative and positive control on his back. The other encouraging news is that no nut elicited a reaction that looked anything like the positive control. This means that Miles' reaction could have just been a skin response and that he does not produce the IgE antibody hypersensitivity response to peanuts.

After discussing the options with Dr. Min, we have decided to challenge Miles' system with peanuts again. Next Wednesday, with an epi-pen junior in hand and Dr. Min on call, Miles will get to eat a peanut butter sandwich. We will start small with just a little peanut butter placed inside his bottom lip. If nothing happens after 10 minutes, Miles will get to eat a little piece of sandwich, and so on. If nothing happens after the whole sandwich, then hooray! Our kid may be able to enjoy pad thai and peanut satay after all. Worst case scenario Miles will get an epi-pen shot to the thigh and we will head to Dr. Min's office, which is less than 10 minutes away. Fingers crossed please. My instincts are telling me that Miles is not going to react, and that he just has really sensitive skin like his mama.