When David was 16 months old he had an allergic reaction when eating a very trace amount of peanut butter. We were recommended to keep him away from all nuts until a later time. Last month (March 12th) we had the opportunity to do some allergy testing at Children's hospital. He had a strong reaction to the arm pricks they did and so we did a blood test to confirm the suspected allergies. I just got the results back today and David is severely allergic to the following:
peanuts
sesame seeds
macadamia nut
pistachio
cashew
pecan
walnut
hazel nut
We have been prescribed a Jr. Epipen which we will be getting tomorrow and we are going to have to teach everyone how and when to use it in case of an emergency. The allergist will check David in another 4 years but it is unlikely that he will ever be able to tolerate these nuts. So if you are giving David chocolate please look for the "peanut free" sign and make sure it doesn't contain the other nuts listed as well. He can not have Chinese food either... and it looks like I am going to be making a lot more things from scratch. For now we must keep away from Dairy Queen, Marble slab and other treats that are "processed in a facility with nuts."
Angeline must also be kept away from these nuts as she has had a reaction to peanut butter as well.
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