Allegy Testing

these are egg, milk, wheat, soy and peanut the

largest are egg white, egg yolk and peanut

Tanner went to the allergist yesterday to get allergy tested. He had the Scratch test done. Basically a scratch test is one form of a skin test for allergies. A small drop of a possible allergen is placed on the skin. A tiny scratch is then made in the surface of the skin. After 10 minutes the spots are measured to determine how allergic you are. We also have to get a rast test done (blood test). If Tanner is negative on the skin test and the blood test then he is allowed to try that food.

The bad news is that Tanner tested very positive (allergic) to some foods he has been eating. These are all food that he had previously scoped clean on and tested negative to on allergy test (scratch and blood).

The good news is Tanner tested negative to Apple, green bean, broccoli, cantaloupe, grape, orange, peach, pear and rice. The allergist thinks that we should try going with formula and these few foods that he tested negative to and then after 3 months scope. If the results are still not good then we can go formula only. We just have to pray that his blood work comes back negative to all or most of these foods for this plan to work.

Once again we need your prayers that he will test negative to some of these foods. I will update once we get results back.