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Charlie had his pictures done Saturday morning. Our friends Mel and Jess brought their daughters Alice and Soren as well, and all the kids got pictures done.
Mel and Jess are normally really "good" about what they bring for Alice to eat, making sure it's Charlie safe (or as safe as it can be). This is not something we've asked them to do or expect them to do, it's just something they do because they're awesome.
So Al and Soren were getting their pictures done, and Charlie got a bag down off the shelf and I didn't think anything of it. It was stupid of me, I should have taken it from him immediately, but I didn't. Two minutes later Jess was digging in his mouth and wiping off his hands and saying he had a cookie from their bag and they hadn't checked it. She had her hands on his chest to make sure his breathing and heart rate were okay, and she was more on top of it than we were!
I went and got his epi-pens out of our bag, just in case, so I would have them immediately available. We went on with the pictures, keeping a close eye on him (anaphylaxis has up to a four hour window). Nothing happened. I watched him all the way home and one of us stayed in the bedroom the whole time he was napping. When he woke up, he seemed fine. We had to head to Tampa anyway to look at swingsets, and called Jess to see if she would like to go out for her birthday dinner (Mel was at work). She said she'd love to, but before we decided she was worth taking to dinner, she had to tell us that there were nuts and eggs in the cookies. They also had sesame, another one of his allergies, but I knew about the sesame already.
I wish I knew for sure whether or not he actually ate it. If he did, it could mean he's outgrowing some of his food allergies and/or he can handle the denatured protein. I want to get him tested again, but he's having his spot tests and oral challenges for antibiotics for the next several months, so I can't throw food testing in there, too.
But even if he didn't eat it, he touched it. It might have been under his fingernails, a tiny piece may have gotten in to his mouth, whatever. He had contact with a food containing eggs and nuts and nothing happened. It doesn't really change anything, but it's a hopeful sign.
Mel and Jess are normally really "good" about what they bring for Alice to eat, making sure it's Charlie safe (or as safe as it can be). This is not something we've asked them to do or expect them to do, it's just something they do because they're awesome.
So Al and Soren were getting their pictures done, and Charlie got a bag down off the shelf and I didn't think anything of it. It was stupid of me, I should have taken it from him immediately, but I didn't. Two minutes later Jess was digging in his mouth and wiping off his hands and saying he had a cookie from their bag and they hadn't checked it. She had her hands on his chest to make sure his breathing and heart rate were okay, and she was more on top of it than we were!
I went and got his epi-pens out of our bag, just in case, so I would have them immediately available. We went on with the pictures, keeping a close eye on him (anaphylaxis has up to a four hour window). Nothing happened. I watched him all the way home and one of us stayed in the bedroom the whole time he was napping. When he woke up, he seemed fine. We had to head to Tampa anyway to look at swingsets, and called Jess to see if she would like to go out for her birthday dinner (Mel was at work). She said she'd love to, but before we decided she was worth taking to dinner, she had to tell us that there were nuts and eggs in the cookies. They also had sesame, another one of his allergies, but I knew about the sesame already.
I wish I knew for sure whether or not he actually ate it. If he did, it could mean he's outgrowing some of his food allergies and/or he can handle the denatured protein. I want to get him tested again, but he's having his spot tests and oral challenges for antibiotics for the next several months, so I can't throw food testing in there, too.
But even if he didn't eat it, he touched it. It might have been under his fingernails, a tiny piece may have gotten in to his mouth, whatever. He had contact with a food containing eggs and nuts and nothing happened. It doesn't really change anything, but it's a hopeful sign.