A frightening episode for Jack (one of the twins) last week finally prompted me to make that appointment to the allergist. Come to find out Jack is allergic to Ragweed and hamsters. He came up borderline to trees and cats and mildly allergic to peanuts, strawberries, milk and shellfish. We went for the RAST testing on Friday and since those results can take up to 2 weeks, this is sure to be a very interesting Thanksgiving.

Funny thing is Jack drinks milk all the time and has eaten peanut butter and other peanut containing foods on numerous occasions, without incident. But who knows what prompted that scary episode early last Sunday morning. Jack awoke gasping for air, coughing which sounded like a dog barking, wheezing. It was so scary! His allergy could just be developing so for now we are to avoid all the food allergen at all costs. I still give him milk, but I think I will cut that out now as I have noticed he does have diarheaa often. As for the strawberries, well, I knew that. Both of the twins broke out in hives, head to toe after eating 1 bite of a strawberry. YIKES!

Well, in 2 weeks we'll know our fate as far as food goes.