Allergy Testing

Today was a hard day for our little guy. He had to get allergy tested.

Since August he has been on 7-8 rounds of antibiotics and just can't stay well.

We had his blood drawn the week before Christmas and it came back normal, thank goodness.

We found out today that Eli is highly allergic to dust. When you hear that you might blow it off and say everyone is highly allergic to dust. The doctor thinks Eli's allergy is very severe. He may be showing signs of asthma associated to the dust allergy. There are a few things on our to do list before our next allergist appointment in March: buy a air purifier for Eli's room and maybe the living room, start using Nasonex, vaccum A LOT, dust A LOT with a damp cloth so that the dust does not fly around, and use a lot of saline in his nose (use it everytime we change his diaper). We will go back in March and see how our changes have helped. I will also be journaling and monitoring his coughing spells that he has since the doctor says that the coughing can be a big sign of asthma. Any parent hates to see their children suffer so I hope these tips help him nd he starts feeling better soon!