This past Wednesday Jaya and I went to see her allergist in Burlington for a peanut challenge. It’s her fourth oral food challenge since last year: July 30 2018 – Skin Test for peanut, individual tree nuts, cow’s milk and egg. August 29 2018 – Passed Almond challenge September 24 2018 – Passed Walnut…
Category: Oral Food Challenges
One Step at a Time
At the end of August, my youngest daughter Jaya successfully passed an oral food challenge for almonds. Since then, I have been giving her almond milk regularly and she seems to be tolerating it. Late last month, we returned to her allergist for a second oral food challenge – this time for walnuts. I bought…
Our Journey Continues
If you’ve been following us on our journey you will know that my son Sahil is starting high school this September with less allergies than when I started writing this blog. Sahil is still allergic to peanuts but he eats 2 peanuts a day since he completed peanut oral immunotherapy in October 2017. He has…
Burlington- Where Skies are Blue
Sahil and I returned to Burlington today for his soy challenge. History: Sahil – nutfree since age 2 – ate soy until he was six years old. In 2010, he reacted to soy and his allergy was confirmed with a skin prick test. He has been diligently avoiding soy for the past eight years. For…
The Challenges Continue
I never sleep well the night before an oral food challenge and last night was no different. So this morning, after a sleepless night, Sahil and I left for Burlington at 8 am and got there just in time for his 9 am appointment. It was the same a few weeks ago when he did…
One Nut at a Time
Sahil started peanut oral immunotherapy a year ago with a suspension containing the starting dose of 1/1000th of a peanut. He reached the maintenance dose of 2 whole peanuts (2 grams) in October 2017. Peanut maintenance update: Since December 2017, Sahil has been sick twice with upper respiratory viruses. Because of this we had to…
Life is a Challenge
Just over eleven years ago when he was 2 years old Sahil reacted to peanut butter residue. Over the years, Sahil has tested positive to peanuts, soy and various tree nuts on blood tests & skin prick tests conducted by various allergists. He has reacted to peanut and soy after ingestion but as far as…
Our Allergic Life 