Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on

[PurpleCat]

GM, thanks!  That is an awesome idea.  It will at least boost her immune system to prevent infection and best have a result like yoirs.

[spacecanada]

An advantage to living just down the street from the fire hall is that your EMS response time is around two minutes.   

I guess that pizza place wasn't as safe as we thought it was. (Likely potato xc.)  *sigh*

[PurpleCat]

Oh NO!  Are you OK?

[GoingNuts]

Oh goodness, SC.  I saw your post in another thread. Glad you're OK, but you definitely didn't need this. 

[MaryM]

DS asked me to log into his google account to proof something that is due next week.  While I was in his account I saw a monologue he wrote for communications class.  He had a somewhat scary reaction at a food challenge in the summer.  I guess it really had an impact on him....he wrote a monologue about an allergic reaction....he is not allergic to nuts...here it is:

Dark.
   All I could see was the dark when I woke in the middle of the freezing cold night.
   The dream.
   It's what woke me up. The dream, when I had an allergic reaction at school... and nobody noticed. The dream, was so real. I could feel my throat closing, and hear the gasping. It reminded me of my eleventh birthday.
   I was at the restaurant when I had my real reaction. I can remember it so vividly. We asked about the nuts, they said there was none. The dish came out, steam rising from the plate. I take a bite. Within a few minutes I was on the ground gasping for air. I shivered. Just remembering that day made me feel sick.
   The dream was almost identical, except... I wasn't ok after the reaction. The dream haunted me, like the memory... almost as if it was a warning.
   

[Puddles]

That's very powerful Mary. I felt it as I read it.

[PurpleCat]

Wow!  Very emotional writing.

[GoingNuts]

Wow, I was holding my breath reading that.

[Macabre]

Oh my goodness. That is so gripping. I don't know what to say. I was overcome with emotion reading it. It's pretty amazing that he took that on.

[MaryM]

Its so intense.  I think its fantastic and emotional and it worried me.  I asked him if he worried all the time?  He basically said he knows he always has to think about being safe but does not worry and is not haunted like the character he wrote for.  He is my calm kid.  I am very proud of this writing piece.

[PurpleCat]

Pride when your niece asks you to make her Sweet 16 birthday cake because that "egg free ginger-ale cake is the best ever" and she has no allergies!  "It just tastes really really good!"

[Macabre]

Recipe please?

[PurpleCat]

Sure!

1 Box Betty Crocker Supermoist Yellow Cake Mix
1 Box (3.4 oz) Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
1.5 cups room temp gingerale
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp baking powder
6 tbs flour

Preheat oven 350 degrees
Grease and parchment paper pans - this cake sticks!  A lot!
Combine all ingredients and mix with mixer for 3 min until creamy
Pour into 2 8" rounds or 1 9" x 13" pan and bake 30 - 40 minutes

[hezzier]

Two appts with the allergist on Monday.  DS in the am for 6th month check up...will ask about component testing for tree nuts.  DD in the afternoon for first appt due to a reaction to a bee sting...guess we'll see what happens.

[GoingNuts]

Good luck Hezz!