Christmas Jammies Cousins

Merry Christmas!

Obviously Tanner didn't like Santa this year. Maybe next year he can take a hint from Owen!

Here is a house near us that has timed their lights to music. It is awesome. Come visit us and we'll take you there!

Poor Tanner

Tanner had his appointment with the allergy doctor today. He was unexpectedly happy for most of it. Thanks to Grandma K for the small toys to play with during the testing, it helped a lot. We did a prick test on his back for peanuts, tree nuts and egg whites.

The results are that he is allergic to peanuts and tree nuts, but not eggs. We are looking at the eggs as a huge blessing, because let's face it, that would stink!
Then we did a blood test to see the levels of histamine in his body after the tests. I almost cried, because, hey who wants to see their kid in pain?
Here he is after the test, he was pretty mad, but the teddy bear with matching owie made him feel a lot better.

Now we wait for the doctor to call us about that and we start reading labels more carefully. I have a list of things to stay away from. I wish that every box and can in the grocery store had a sticker on it that said, this is okay for Tanner to eat. Oh well, I guess I will learn.
I've been struggling a little with the fact that I can't control everything and that at some point Tanner will probably accept something to eat that he shouldn't and will have to go through something terrible. I want to protect him always, but he needs to not have this hovering mother around him all the time. All I can say is that I'm working on it. If you have advice, let me know. Sorry you have to go through this Tanner, but things could be a lot worse, and we know you can handle it!

Peanuts

Oh how I wish this post was about the Peanuts Characters. It isn't. It is about good old fashioned peanuts and especially peanut butter.


Today I gave Tanner a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch. I didn't think much of it, since he had already tasted peanut butter cookies and other peanut items. Unfortunately, his face got pretty blotchy after about 2 bites and I was on the phone with the pediatrician. On our way there his eyes got really red and his face continued to get more red and swollen.
After a good heaping dose of Benadryl and a steriod shot, he was pretty sad. Within an hour he was back to normal and I now carry Benadryl in my purse as well as an epi pen. Good Bye Peanut Butter!