Home sweet home

We are back!

It was a great week in Ohio at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital and we feel like we are moving in the right direction. His patch test was negative for everything, so we were disappointed. Then, after talking with the docs, we found out only about 10-30% tested have a reaction :( We were bummed but happy with our choice of treatment. So here is where we stand...

* We are removing milk and soy from his diet because those are the top 2 allergens that are most likely the culprit

* We are continuing to exclude corn (but he can have many things again--like corn syrup--because the corn protein is not in them!!). The docs said we were the first they knew of to try this at home (of course!) and the corn did not show up on their test. One reason is that we used real corn and they used a corn flour paste. We are going to try again once his back is not red from the tape and see what happens this time...

* We are discontinuing his medication

* We will go back for a scope and another test for GERD (reflux) in 3-4 months. After that, if he is clear, we will begin to reintroduce one of the eliminated foods.


In looking to take out more foods, milk is going to be the tricky one... No milk, cheese, butter....YIKES!! I had gotten used to making everything from scratch and those were staples in our diet. The soy is not that big of a deal because we had taken out so much before, most of that was oovered. BREAD is my next issue. In Ames there is a natural food store and they have something he can have, so I will be making a little trip soon :)

Otherwise, things are great. We all got a bug as we arrived home last night, so I apologize if this is too short. I will continue to update as we get started on all this! Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. :)