Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Positive test -- chocolate pudding

Last week I was optimistic about our daughter slowly outgrowing her milk allergy.  She's been tolerating more and more cooked meals with milk.  So, I decided to make milk-based Jell-O pudding.  I was hopeful that the milk was boiled long enough and it would changed the milk protein enough for her to enjoy it without a reaction.  I was wrong.  I gave her less than 1/4 cup of pudding.  She started coughing, but that's kinda normal when she eats.  Drives me crazy because I never know if it's a food allergy or just her swallowing wrong or just plain coughing.  Anyway, it got really bad.  She was gasping along with breaking out in hives.  I quickly grabbed the Benadryl (not the kind that was recalled), and she sucked it down.  She was fine within a few minutes.  It was too bad that she couldn't tolerate it.  I think that was the worst reaction I've seen.  Normally, it's just hives.  But she did consume more than in a normal test.

Reminder:  Do not do food challenges at home unless advised by a doctor.

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