Thursday, April 23, 2009

Allers and Her Allergies

Molly has eye problems, Ally's problem is her skin. She has eczema. We noticed it when she was around 5 or 6 months old. Poor thing has really bumpy, itchy skin 99% of the time.

I finally took her for allergy testing last week. A friend at Ally's music class was saying her son had allergy induced eczema and was allergic to all kinds of foods, etc that irritated his skin. So off we went last Wednesday. It was a 4.5 hour procedure, that I was dreading, but went pretty well. They had to stick her little back probably 75 times testing for all kinds of allergies. Turns out, she is allergic to cats, grass and some trees. Thankfully, no food allergies. The doctor believes that Ally's allergies are not related to her eczema. So we are now on 3 creams/lotions and 2 antihistamines....I am noticing less itching.

We had to go to the hospital for blood work as well. They called yesterday to tell me they lost part of her blood sample in transit to Austin so we had to go for a redraw today... not fun for a poor 2 year old. Last week they had numbing cream on her arms, so she didn't know what was going on. Today, no numbing cream and she had to be poked twice to find a vein. Poor girl was not happy about that... but she did get 2 cool green arm bandages to show for it:)




6 comments:

Michelle said...

Poor girl! Glad to hear no food allergies. Hopefully everything else will come back A OK!

Jennifer said...

My poor Ally girl!! The bandages are cool, though. I never even knew they had numbing cream! She is growing sooo much!

Tammy Myers said...

Poor girl. Why did they not use the cream? That happened to Amy when she was little one time. One nurse did not want to use the Emla cream before an IV. I was NOT happy with her. There is no reason not to use that for children.

Jennifer said...

Dairy products can trigger eczema even if there is no "real" allergy according to the tests.

Lisa said...

Numbing cream is AMAZING!!! WHat a bunch of fools...its a two year old use the darn cream...URRRGGGGHHH! I am so glad its over...sounds like good news:)

The Wests said...

They didn't use the cream on Waverley either, wonder why. Sweet Ally-keep the juice flowing!