My Assignment…

 Mama Kat’s Writing Assignment:

2.) Worst dentist experience ever.

3.) Describe a “new road” you’ve taken in your life.

4.) What would you say to a mouse who could talk?

5.) Who is the best listener you know? What makes him or her such a good listener?

I chose 1.)  Allergies much?

I chose this prompt because my son had severe allergies.  They tested him for like 42 non-food (and a couple food) allergens and he tested positive for allergies to like 38 of them, no joke!!!  He was allergic to anything with fur or feathers.  Algae. Dust. Pollen. The two major proteins in milk.  Grass.  Pine Trees. Oak Trees. Birch Trees.  Easter Lilies.  I have no idea what else. There were to many things to remember!!! We had to take the carpet out of his room because it harbored dust and dust mites.  We had to put a plastic sheet and pillow case on his bed (under the cloth sheets and pillow case) to keep dust and dust mites from coming into contact with his face and body.  I was only allowed to vacuum once a week so as to not “put airborne allergens into the air”.

This child had ear infection after ear infection as a baby.  Had tubes put in his ears twice.  His eyes would almost swell shut with  some severe allergic reactions…

Then between his 2nd and 3rd year of life, he would have these bouts where he would wake up in the morning or from a nap and just start throwing up uncontrollably until he was so sick we would have to take him to the ER.  They would have to hook him up to IV’s and keep him there for hours until he was well enough to go home.  Once he had a fever of 106 ° and was hallucinating.  It was terrible. 

I had finally had enough.  We had moved and the kids had a pediatrician rather than a “family Dr.” so I told her I wanted him tested for allergies.  She told me they don’t normally test them til they are 8, he was 5-6 at the time.  So I told her either you can approve it and the insurance can pay for it or you can not approve it, and we will pay for it.  She approved it and off we went.  He was put on medication for years and was slowly growing out of his allergies when he went to heaven.