Allergy Testing Day

Today was allergy testing day. They tested for 35 foods. They did the skin prick tests on Asher's arms and the patch tests on his back.

The skin prick test results show allergy to:

Turkey
Egg yolk
Wheat
Barley
Mold II
Cat

The turkey was the big surprise. Between his lunch and dinner, he eats turkey at least 3 times a week. No wonder he still struggles with his eating.

We don't really feed him barley, so we don't have any experience with it. Egg yolk and wheat are no surprise at all to us; neither is cat. I'm not really sure what mold II is; we'll have to talk with the Dr. about that one.

I'm glad he didn't test positive for rice or potatoes. He eats a lot of those.

Now, I'd bet the house that it's dairy that makes him vomit. And he's shown a reaction to corn in the past; where is that one on the list? And the formula he was on when first diagnosed was soy/corn - I don't see those anywhere. What's up with that? Lots of questions linger...

The patch tests stay on Asher's back for two days. We get the results of them on Friday.

We have officially stopped torturing Asher with all these tests. Tomorrow is a day off. Thursday we meet with Dr. Putnam to get the results of the endoscopy/colonoscopy and get a plan of action. Friday morning is the results of the patch testing, then they get to come home! I can't wait; I miss them both so much!