Well it has been a long time! We have been without a computer for a while so I have not been able to give you all an update.
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ner gets to eat!
ner gets to eat!Tanner finished his 3 months of formula only. He had an endoscopy on May 14th and his scope came back clean. This is amazing! We really needed some good news. What this means is that Tanner can now start food trials. We got together with the allergist and came up with a list of foods that Tanner tested negative to being allergic to on skin and blood tests. Typically after 3 months and 3 foods another scope would be done to determine if the food has caused an increase in eosinophils. If there is an increase all three foods would be taken away and we would have to start all over.
When we went into the hospital for the endoscopy the doctor asked us if Tanner is having any symptoms (vomiting, diarrhea, rash...etc). When I replied that he did not but he has not had symptoms even when the eosinophi count comes back in the 80's. He told us that we needed to decide what our goal was. Are we fighting eosinophils or symptoms. In other words are we willing to have higher eosinophil counts as long as Tanner is thriving and not feeling sick or is our goal to have 0 eosinophil counts even if that means taking all food away again. When put that way we have decided as long as Tanner is doing well and is not sick we will continue to allow him foods. We will still do trials one month at a time just to be safe. This also means that we will be doing less endoscopy's. Maybe one a year just to make sure all it healthy looking and tissue is not damaged. After weighing all the options it just makes more since to do things this way. It can not be good to be put under every 3 months at such a young age.
Tanner is currently eating apples and sweet potatoes and is doing well. On My 14th he weighed 38 pounds and at his 4 year check-up on June 18he weighed in at 39.5. He may actually make it into size 4 pants this year!
Tanner's stay in the hospital
At Tanners 4 year checkup on Friday he received 3 vaccinations. He should have got 4 but the pediatrician refused to do the MMR without consent for the allergist. I was happy to hear that because I was stressed out about the egg in the MMR. So he got the DTaP and Polio vaccine in the left leg and the Chicken Pox in the right leg. Tanner got up on Sat. and dressed himself in pants so we did not see his leg all day. That night when Blue went to put him in the bath his entire leg was bright red and swollen. I called the allergist thinking it was a reaction. The allergist said it sounded more like an infection starting. He told me to give him Tylenol and put a cold compress on his leg. If it got worse we were to go to the ER but if not he would see u
s first thing Monday morning. On Sunday evening we were watching Toy Story (for the millionth time) and Tanner said "mommy can you fix this bump on my lip?" so I look over and his lip is swollen a little. So I go to the bathroom to get some benedryl and by the time I get back to him his lips have doubled in size. At that point I put him in the car to go to the ER. By the time we got to the parking lot his lips were triple the normal size and his eyes and cheeks were swollen as well. Then he starts complaining that his throat felt like something was stuck in it. If we were not in the parking lot of the hospital I would have used the Epi-Pen. \
We walk in and they take one look at him and start working on him. When I told the doctor I thought this was from a vaccine he informed me of how rare that is. I preceded to tell him that if there is a 1 in a million chance my kid would be the one. Then I tell him about Tanners leg where the shots were given and he looks at it and says yeah he has cellulitis (bad infection) in that leg. Tanner was admitted so that IV antibiotic could be given. Then it all clicked in the doctors head. He seems to think that Tanner probably did have a small reaction to the vaccine and then this infection started and Tanners body went into overload causing a very bad reaction that I am certain would have been anaphylactic shock had I not taken him in when I did.
s first thing Monday morning. On Sunday evening we were watching Toy Story (for the millionth time) and Tanner said "mommy can you fix this bump on my lip?" so I look over and his lip is swollen a little. So I go to the bathroom to get some benedryl and by the time I get back to him his lips have doubled in size. At that point I put him in the car to go to the ER. By the time we got to the parking lot his lips were triple the normal size and his eyes and cheeks were swollen as well. Then he starts complaining that his throat felt like something was stuck in it. If we were not in the parking lot of the hospital I would have used the Epi-Pen. \We walk in and they take one look at him and start working on him. When I told the doctor I thought this was from a vaccine he informed me of how rare that is. I preceded to tell him that if there is a 1 in a million chance my kid would be the one. Then I tell him about Tanners leg where the shots were given and he looks at it and says yeah he has cellulitis (bad infection) in that leg. Tanner was admitted so that IV antibiotic could be given. Then it all clicked in the doctors head. He seems to think that Tanner probably did have a small reaction to the vaccine and then this infection started and Tanners body went into overload causing a very bad reaction that I am certain would have been anaphylactic shock had I not taken him in when I did.
Tanner spent 2 days in the hospital. He is home now and doing great. He just seems to bounce right back no matter what happens. Thank You all for the prayers and support. I don't know what we would do without such great family and friends.
