DD is 7, over this weekend she had a sudden reaction to a family members dogs; face swelled up, very sneezy and had a cough, eyes streaming and swollen.
Soon as we took her out of FMs house and gave her a piriton tablet she’s settled down and been fine. I took her to A+E and she’s been referred for testing, but they agree that it’s likely she’s suddenly developed an allergy to dogs – she does have asthma and spoke to her asthma consultant while there.
I don’t have a pet dog but my ExH (DDs dad) does – they’re not technically his dogs, he lives with his parents and they’re his parents dogs and they won’t rehome. At all. If he was the RP they’d consider it, but as he only has her once per fortnight (26/27 days per year) then they’ve automatically said no.
Been advised the dogs being out of the house for the night will not be enough to prevent a reaction and next time could be a worse reaction. Asthma consultant recommends 10-12 months animal free before you notice a big difference.
ExH cannot afford to live away from his parents as rent would be more than his monthly income per month, I cannot afford to give up the CB or UC to help him out, I work parttime myself and increasing my hours will increase my childcare needs so I wouldn’t be any better off financially, in fact it could make me worse off.
So WTF do we do about contact if she is allergic to dogs? DD adores ExH and would see it as punishment to stop seeing him. Her grandparents are unlikely to agree to get rid of the dogs, so we’re stuck.
Do I just accept there will be no more overnight contact?
Also what do I do about contact the coming weekend as she's unlikely to have had her testing and results by then (I'm being told 3-4 weeks even under an urgent referral)?