ds doing challenge on Wed

[Mfamom]

thought I'd let you all know that my ds is doing peanut challenge on Wed.  afternoon.  he bailed on the last one, he's fairly nervous.
I'll let you all know how it goes.  He's trying to figure out how he will be able to bring himself to eat something that smells so vile and that he's spent the last 11 years avoiding. 
We'll see. 

[momma2boys]

Oh wow! I can understand his concern. How long has it been since he reacted? Good luck!!

[GingerPye]

Oh, my kids say the same thing.  Let us know how it goes!  Wishing you both a boring, safe, no-reaction challenge.   

[Stinky10]

We'll be rooting for him!

[CMdeux]

Oh, Mfamom-- the BEST of luck to you both for Wednesday.

Tell him that we're cheering him on!!   

My DD was pretty scared to do her first 'big-deal' food challenge, too-- it is a scary thing.

[Scout]

omg...how exciting......I will be thinking of you all!

[MaryM]

Best of luck! 

[LinksEtc]

Good luck!  Personally, I'm so glad and thankful that we were able to do IOFC's for dd.  Knowing everything that I know now and everything we went through with one of those challenges ... if I had to go back in time, I would still say yes to each challenge again.

[PurpleCat]

Good Luck!

[GoingNuts]

Good luck!  Fingers crossed!

[Mookie86]

Food challenges are so stressful and scary, so I understand how he feels.  It took me months to get comfortable being around the formerly allergenic food when ds2 passed his PN challenge.  To this day, sometimes I get uncomfortable around PNs, and he outgrew in 2009! 

Maybe it would help if he focuses on the good things that'll happen if he passes?  Good luck to him, and to you, that the challenge goes well! 

[Mfamom]

Yes we've been talking about how different things will be even if we know from the uknow that he won't have big reaction.  He had ana rx when he had just turned 4.  Has had a few contact reactions.  He is almost 16 now. 

[aggiedog]

Good luck!  It is soooo hard to turn around and eat what you've been told to avoid for so long. 

Fingers crossed it all goes well for him.

[yelloww]

Good luck!!

[Macabre]

Oh wow--good news. I bet it would be hard.

I don't know if it would help, but DS has been ingesting micro bit of peanut three times a day in his SLIT drops. Uber low concentrations.

I hope he is willing to do it---and that it goes swimmingly!!