Maltique Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Ticket delay with my personal apologies I have a bit of a medical emergency going on in my house right now. Nutshell version: baby has an unexpected and fairly severe food allergy. So I'll get the tickets posted as soon as I can. My personal apologies for the delay. kit Is the baby ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Ouch. Sorry to hear about the emergency, Kit. Take care of that little one!! RM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyHorde Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Family first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flit Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Hope baby is feeling better. Alergic reactions can be weird and scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Administrators kit Posted April 7, 2009 Super Administrators Share Posted April 7, 2009 He's fine now. Just turns out to have a pretty severe allergy to eggs. He found a bit of egg white on the floor left behind by my four year old. We got it out of his mouth and didn't think much of it until his face turned red and his tongue swelled up. Lucky for us the Epi-pen Jr. is covered by insurance. In actual point of fact, the reaction episode was a couple of days ago on Saturday, but his pediatrician was so concerned -- apparently a reaction like this is fairly rare in infants -- that her staff got us into an allergy specialist right away. Today was the specialist appointment. And it really is as bad as we feared. So yeah, scary new adjustment, but one we can live with. Getting rid of all the eggs in the house, finding replacement recipes for all of our favorite stuff -- just can't risk it with the four-year-old and two-year-old in the house, you know? Leaving chunks of food around around, trying to feed the baby, etc. So, Joseph is okay, he may outgrow it, and we always expect some new sort of problem with each of our kids. Turns out #5 has a serious food allergy. Better we found out about it this way than the first time we purposefully fed him eggs. Thanks for all the kind words. Heidi and I really appreciate it. kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildbill Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 He's obviously feeling better by the way he is sticking his tongue out at us! I'm glad he is doing better. A sick baby makes me sad. A healthy baby makes me happy! Wild Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltique Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 I;m so glad he's ok. I have a little one too. Stuff like that can get really scary. I guess I can forgive you for making me wait another day for R-Con tickets. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duliniel Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Wow! I'm so glad everything is OK now. I have an almost-two-year-old; I can imagine how scared you must have been. That's a big lifestyle change to undergo (eliminating eggs), but I would totally do the same thing. It's just too risky with a well intentioned four year old who wants to help feed the baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltique Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 Wait a minute. Aren't Epi-pens the things you have to stab in your heart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flit Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Stab yes heart no. Mr Flit should carry one of those for his bee alergy but doesn't. He thinks that "maybe he is not alergic anymore". And yes, he has been lectured about it - mostly by his mother. Glad that everyone is well in the Kit Household. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pae Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Epi-pens are usually stabbed into the thigh (it's meatier there), but not sure where you'd use one on a small person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vutpakdi Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Kit, I'm glad to hear that the little guy is okay! Next time, don't even bother to stop and post about the delay! Wow, I imagine eggs would be hard to eliminate completely. There are so many popular products with some egg in them. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Understand completely - my little dude has a peanut allergy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valloa Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Kit, I'm glad you caught that allergy early and that the little ones ok! When you eliminate eggs, I'd check the resources online for egg allergies to make sure you get them all. Hidden egg contaminated foods (like glazing in pastries, etc that aren't always disclosed) suck to find the hard way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Administrators kit Posted April 8, 2009 Super Administrators Share Posted April 8, 2009 We don't really buy any processed foods. We make just about everything homemade and never eat out. Getting rid of eggs from our diet consists of removing the carton from the fridge. Done! Everything else, we're scouring the labels. Ain't going to get ovum past our noses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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