Living with Food Allergies, 2013 and on

[Macabre]

How long have you noticed this correlation with the cat? Will you seek testing?  What will you do with the cats?

[CMdeux]

Well, honestly-- this is new (ish)-- though it's been a trend over the past few months-- but the severity took a BIG hop this week.  {sigh}   Monkey's paw.

It's the one cat-- the short-haired orange one.  The long-haired one can probably stay, as she is SUPER low FelV shedding (as per other friends who are demonstrably "very" allergic but tolerate her well), and she doesn't sleep in my DD's bedroom anyway.

After driving in her car for a couple of hours, her peak flow numbers had recovered to near 85% when she came home.  Whatever it is, the house is making it worse.

[Stinky10]

we are hoping for the best here..... 

[starlight]

After driving in her car for a couple of hours, her peak flow numbers had recovered to near 85% when she came home.  Whatever it is, the house is making it worse.

If there were fires in the area, maybe change/clean your A/C filter?

[CMdeux]

Probably a good plan either way.

[becca]

CM, I do not have any officially diagnosed asthma, but we think I do have it.  If I cry, I get wheezey and I cough.  Not sure why, but I do.  So, for me, stress certainly plays into it. 

[momtoAidenDeclan]

Just seeing this -
WOW!!
CM, that is such fantastic news...I am so happy for her! (and you)  And especially at this time when she is about to go out into the big bad world, further away from her safe haven!

[LinksEtc]

I hope she's feeling better CM & that it doesn't turn out to be related to the cat. 

[CMdeux]

We're thinking, unfortunately, that pushing down on the "egg allergy" corner of the atopic raft has done two important things--


1.  Made her asthma (normally VERY mild other than during illness, and normally VERY responsive to meds) difficult to control, and placed her sort of chronically on the border of the yellow zone, best case scenario, and--

2.  caused a CAT ALLERGY to pop up above the waterline.   Namely, to our high-Fel d1 shedding cat, who-- you guessed it, is DD's cat. 

We also have now got some serious questions about whether or not this is true tolerance anyway-- she's had asthma and popped hives after consumption of a normal-ish (small even) dose of pretty well-cooked eggy food.  (Crepes that I made here at home).

Didn't happen until the SECOND dose within 24 hours, btw-- but it was too close in time to be coincidence or (probably) anything else. 

I'm really feeling so discouraged about this now.   

[LinksEtc]

I wish that I could give you an IRL hug.



Have you spoken with Dr. Awesome about this?

[CMdeux]

Lacked opportunity on Friday, when I finally became concerned that this wasn't attributable to emotional distress.  It's not, and it's also just as hard to control as it was when we thought it was air quality and emotional.

She's also far enough through puberty that it's probably not solely an exacerbation due to that, either.  Monday I'll be calling Dr. Awesome's office.  {sigh}

In the meantime, considering adding on a combo steroid + LABA into things to get better control than she's got with doubled-up antihistamines and SABA.

[GingerPye]

CM, that's too bad.   

[CMdeux]

Well, Dr. Awesome's advice was exactly what my instincts told me to do-- the steroid is definitely helping.  I just hope that she doesn't need it long-term now.

[becca]

Glad she is doing better.  Breathing is a good thing. 

[starlight]

Been thinking about your DD a lot CM. Did she go in to see the doc? Just on the off-chance that it's something else completely - I had pneumonia a number of times growing up and my only symptom was breathing problems, otherwise I felt fine.