Yep...he's still allergic.

Last week Trevor had another skin prick allergy test. We were debating about starting him on allergy shots and we needed to do some more in depth testing to see the full picture of what we are dealing with. He did amazing. No tears, no complaints. It sure did look painful and it did itch him pretty bad but he did great.

We let him bring along his Leapster Explorer so he could play it and help keep his mind off of all

the itchiness. He and Daddy are figuring out a math problem (multiplication!!) on his football game. This kid is numbers crazy!

Umm..Ouch. :(

So, as you can see the results were pretty obvious. They tested for 39 different food and environmental things. The range is from 0 (meaning not allergic) to 4++ (meaning severely allergic).
Here are the things he tested allergic to and how alleric he is to them.
Environmental:
Elm Trees 4
Oak, Ash, Hickory & Birch Trees 4
Ragweed 4
Marshelder grass 4
June/Kentucky grass 3
corn pollen 2
Two different kinds of dust mites 4++
House Dust 4+
Cat hair 4+
Dog 4++
Cockroach 3 (I know..Cockroaches?!?! What in the world...)
Two kind of indoor molds 3
Two other kinds of indoor molds 4

And the food...
Egg White 4++
Egg yolk 4+
Wheat 4++
Peanut 4++

*SIGH* Things have either stayed the same, gotten worse, and new ones have cropped up.
As for the food allergies, when he was diagnosed at 9 months old with these, kids seemed to be growing out of everything but peanut by around five years old. At our appointent a few years ago, kids were growing out of them more around ten years old. Now, our allergist said he is finding that kids aren't growing out of them until early teen years . TEEN YEARS!!??

So, we talked about allergy immunotherapy (or shots) for all of the enviromental allergies. It looks like it will be three shots, two times a week for the first few months. Then, it will go to every other week and then eventually less times, for the next five years. The thing that really got me was what he said about "second hand kitty". I guess there are a lot of kids who are allergic to cats, going to school and having asthma attacks because of cat dander on other children's clothing. That's the kind of reaction Trevor has to cats and dogs and dust. It's a scary thing seeing your child wheeze. I'm terrifed to send him to school anyway, considering that a simple thing like a peanut butter cookie could land him in the hospital or worse. So if we can help with some of his allergies, we will. We are hoping that in a few years, he will be able to stop taking the three medications a day he currently takes. Hopefully, he'll feel like he doesn't have a cold everyday. Hopefully, he'll be able to be around people who have pets and not have trouble breathing. And, hopefully, someday he will outgrow some of his food allergies.