We had a hospital appointment for his skin prick test so after the worst journey of my life, encountering donkey hill in the rain due to the main route to Leysdown being closed, we made it to Medway. Albeit it 20 minutes late, but we made it.
With the appointment letter, I received a story to tell Noah about what happens during the skin prick test. All about how it doesn't hurt because of the special water and the nurse is so nice etc.
Well the nurse was nice, but there was no special water! So all 12 needle pricks on his spine was followed by an immediate scream and complete sobbing. It was awful! I hate seeing Noah cry like that and it takes me back to when he had his operation 2 years ago.
We then had to wait for 10 minutes, the whole time Noah still crying and moaning that he wanted his t-shirt on. That was hard work!
When we were eventually called back in, I could see that he had only had a reaction to one of the tests! I couldn't believe that only one thing had come up.
So it turns out he's not allergic to the strawberries, tomatoes, fish, oranges, chocolate etc that we have always thought and instead just has a nut allergy! Nuts were on the list as when I gave him nutella before, his skin was the worst it has ever been, but he has a proper nut allergy! Not just because of his eczema!
Now, I was thinking this opens up a lot more options for what Noah can eat but nuts are in everything! Vegetable oil being one and that really is in every list of ingredients.
So its going to be a new learning curve, but seeing him munching on pizza with me yesterday whilst watching Harry Potter made me smile. Its so good to see him eating more than just chicken!
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