Our latest Update

Well, we are coming up on another EE clinic appointment in just over a week and we're looking forward to one of the best ones ever. It has been six months since Kaylin has been seen in the clinic and she has been doing great.

Along with the Pulmicort slurry, we have managed to pinpoint the foods that she reacts to. As of right now she is off all dairy, pork, shellfish, rice, blueberries and we are careful to keep eggs and soy in small amounts - usually baked into other foods. We have thought for years about some kind of fruit bothering her but we were not able to put a finger on which one. A few months ago, she began throwing up blueberries and we knew we had found the culprit. I don't understand why she was able to tolerate them last year with small symptoms but this year led to throwing up and pain. This disease is so strange.

Christmas

The holidays are always difficult trying to figure out what is safe to feed our girls. With Kaylin's milk allergy and Keira's nut allergy, eating at other people's houses and keeping the kids out of holiday treats that are ever present can be so overwhelming.

On our way places we've been stopping by McDonalds more than should ever be allowed, lol. It's not the healthiest but a Hamburger Happy Meal minus the fries is milk free for Kaylin.

I also discovered that Baker's Chocolate is dairy free and made Kaylin her own "truffles" for Christmas.

Kaylin did sneak some white chocolate in the middle of our holiday baking. She was spitting up again and complaining her stomach hurt. I didn't realize what had happened until I found the evidence and she fessed up. It was very clear to her what the cause and effect was and she agreed it wasn't worth it.

We have Pizza!!!!

Ok, so I'm not sure who was more excited me or Kaylin! We tried out Pizza Fusion tonight in Temecula and it was awesome. Thanks to their vegan pizza, she was able to have real pizza with dairy free soy cheese. She was totally excited to have real pizza. The restaurant was way more "crunchy granola" than we're used to but it was good. She has tried dairy free cheese before and simply put, it was nasty. It was cool to have pizza that not only tasted like pizza, it was good pizza. They also have GF stuff on the menu too!

Article: EE in Today's Dietician

So many articles on EE just plain suck...no other way to put it. Most are lacking information or stating the opinions of some Dr. in Po-Dunk-Nowheresville that has a total of 1 EE patient. This one is awesome and covers the basics. It's a few years old but worth reading....

http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/may2006pg28.shtml