Thank you so much for the emails and concerns for Tyler's pneumonia. He is recovering well. One surprising development is the fact, at least temporarily, Tyler has developed asthma.
We have purchased a nebulizer and have been giving breathing treatments. Many food allergy kids deal with the "triangle" of food allergies. This includes 1.) food allergies 2.) eczema 3.) asthma. I have always felt lucky that we only had two of the corners of that triangle. For now, we are dealing with all three corners.
I am thankful that Tyler is 5 when we started dealing with the asthma. This was all new to him but he has adjusted well. I can explain things to him and reason with him. I feel bad for parents that deal with asthma and a young child.
We are headed to the allergist in a few hours. At this point, we have dealt with the pediatrician. Yesterday our allergist called about some allergy issues with my youngest child (more on that coming soon) and I told him what was happening with Tyler's lungs. He wanted to see him today. (BTW, an allergist like ours, one that actually calls you and you have a personal relationship with is so important when dealing with food allergies and all that go with it. If you don't like your allergist - find a new one!).
I have some exciting posts coming up later this week. I will be introducing some video elements to this blog, too. This means I will be speaking with you face to face some days and not just communicating through writing.
I also have an exciting giveaway coming on Friday. I am sooo excited about this one. The value of the giveaway is around $75. This company is partnering with me so I can show you how I manage food allergies with ordinary products to stay on top of my hectic life and keep Tyler safe. Did I mention how excited I am about sharing this with you guys??
Stay tuned this week for some "catch up" posts from me about allergy-related things have been happening with my family. I will also keep you posted about the asthma developments. If this condition sticks around, I will follow our progress as we adjust to a new aspect of allergy life.
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Looking forward to your upcoming post! My oldest daughter deals with the "triangle" of food allergies as well. At one point last year for an entire month we were giving her breathing treatments every two hours, which was rough for a then two year old. Thankfully for now she does not need her nebulizer.
I'm glad to hear that your family's allergist also makes follow-up phone calls in addition to office visits. I don't know what we would have done without the wonderful allergist that we take my daughter to see - he and his staff really are fabulous.
best wishes!
I am sorry to hear about Tyler's asthma. My son David has asthma along with his peanut allergy. I am familiar with nebulizer and inhaler treatments. Sometimes it makes me sad but mostly I try to be thankful that we have the medicine to help him.
Looking forward to your upcoming posts!
Hope he continues to get better. We've had to use the nebulizer a few times. My daughter got croup once when she was younger and now whenever, she gets sick, she gets a harsh cough with it.
You're right about having a good allergist. We had a wonderful one, going there was always a very pleasant experience, she was so good, patient and helpful as was her staff. She had to take a leave of absence to attend to family matters, there is a replacement, but I haven't tried them yet. Although this year, I think we are going to switch pediatricians, (non allergy reasons). It's a group practice and we have one we like and the other, we do not like at all.
Wishing Tyler a speedy recovery.
Linda
I hope tyler feels better very soon!
Wow, you are fortunate to have such a great allergist. Hope he feels better soon!!
I wish we could find such a good allergist....I had a couple of questions that the nurse couldn't answer one time about my son's testing...so she suggested I speak with the doctor himself. I said that's fine-he can call me anytime. She said that I needed to schedule an appointment to speak with the doctor and it was fine for me to bring ALL three of my small children to this appointment-ARE YOU KIDDING ME MAN?? Why would I come in (drag all my kids with me to an office)just to ask him two questions??!! When the nurse convinced him to just call me and answer my questions he was quite rude like he was sooooo important and I was taking up his time. I wish we had a good allergist. :-( Karen in NC
Sorry to hear about Tyler's asthma. I hope he is feeling better. Sick kids is the worst! My daughter is PA and has mild ezcema and I have wondered about her developing asthma later on as she tends to be a little more prone to coughing.
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