Logan's Good News

Most of you know that Logan's had skin issues since he was a baby. He's had eczema ever since about 3 or 4 months old. We had to switch him to the soy formula, and then switch him again to the hypoallergenic formula. Then, when he got to have milk, we used soy milk for a while. The allergy tests showed he was allergic to milk, eggs and peanuts. No fun at all.

At about 1 and a half, we did another allergy test. The milk and egg were still there, but very low. The peanut was gone completely, but the doc recommended to not give him anything with peanuts until he was 3. Okay. Meanwhile, he still has skin problems.

This past December, the doctor he saw when we were in AZ strongly suggested we take him off of dairy products. Poor kid! His favorite foods are: cheese, pudding, cheese, yogurt, milk and cheese. Seriously, the kid would eat a cheese sandwich for every meal if he could. We didn't take him completely off of dairy, but we limited it to about 1 serving per day. We even got him soy chocolate milk to drink (not telling him, of course, that it was a different kind of milk). He liked it and I'm glad I never really had to explain why he could have chocolate milk but not white milk.

So - what's the good news? I finally asked his doctor here to run another allergy test to see where things stood. Boy oh boy was it fun taking him to get his blood drawn. Man - that boy can scream! But, he got to eat at McDonald's (not just the drive-thru), he got his choice of ice cream to eat, and he got to get a big toy at Target. We just got the test results back the other day - no food allergies! Yeah - he was so excited to be able to eat pudding again. Too bad he still has skin problems, but at least we know now that it's not because of food.