Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on

[rebekahc]

Great news!

[MaryM]

Awesome!!!

[GoingNuts]

Excellent!  Opening that up has been a game changer for DS.  I hope it works out as well for Sky. 

[Macabre]

Game changer is right.  Yea!!

[PurpleCat]

Awesome!  Congratulations!

[spacecanada]

That is wonderful!!

[Linden]

That's wonderful!!! Congratulations! 

[spacecanada]

At a local outdoor treetop obstacle course/zip line park today our group orientation leader noticed my SPIbelt, asked if it contained an insulin pump or EpiPens, asked what my allergies were, and gave me instructions for what to do to get help in the event of an emergency (whilst high up in the trees).  Kudos to him! I had been there a few times before and this was the first time anyone mentioned anything about my EpiPens.   

[hezzier]

And so it begins...just got a call from DS at school, they are doing some sort of standardized testing and a teacher brought in munchkins from Dunkin Donuts...

[PurpleCat]

Because our children are unable to take an exam without being fed sugar first!  Only in the USA!   

[PurpleCat]

At the oral surgeon yesterday, DD has 4 impacted wisdom teeth that need to come out.  We talk about all her allergies.  He asks what happens when she eats egg?

He asks about her history with anesthesia.  I explain how she threw up (as all our allergy kids are excellent purgers) to the extreme after she woke.

We are discussing anesthesia.  He says they use 2 kinds.  One has egg, the other makes everyone extra nauseous.  He says what do I think will happen if he gives her the one with egg?  Seriously?  Seriously???  "She might have anaphylaxis" 

So, we can't?  Seriously?  He does not want her to get sick.  Then he says OK what if we use the one without egg and before we wake her up we give her anti-nausa medication. 

ding ding ding!

Finally!  Keep that light bulb shining!   

[ajasfolks2]

Oh.my.  Purple Cat!!!!   

[spacecanada]

Do they have full IV sedation as an option? Kind of the best of both worlds: no egg and less vomit.  Plus no ventilators.

Just awful that he would even suggest giving a drug with egg to someone allergic to it.  At least he knew it has egg though, not all of them do!

I hope the surgery goes well.  It is a tough one.

[PurpleCat]

Thanks!  I am so not a medical person but he did say she would have an IV.

Scheduled for Dec 21st so she can have winter vacation to recover at her own pace.  I keep hearing horror stories of extended recoveries.  Just happy she has no roots yet, less chance of nerve damage and of a hole to her sinus cavity - yuck!

[GoingNuts]

PC, when I had my 4 impacted wisdom teeth pulled 30+ years ago, the surgeon instructed all his patients to take 1,000 mg of Vitamin C starting 10 days before surgery; he felt it reduced swelling and pain.  I can tell you that I was back at work the very next day, with almost no swelling.  I don't know if it was his skill, or the vitamin C, but something to consider.  Good luck!