I don't often post on here because life usually chugs along fine - DS will be 6 next month, has various allergies including some foods and well-controlled asthma and eczema. Today he went to St Thomas' for peanut challenge - having been discovered to be allergic at 5 months when we tried enrol him for LEAP. I had gone from pessimism to having high hopes of today - but he reacted to the smallest amount of peanut that they give in a muffin - haven't seen this in RL before but it was unnerving. A great relief that all the staff were so kind and efficient in a non-fussy way, and on the strength of the skin prick tests we had on arrival, it was agreed to put a canula (sp) into DS' hand - and v soon after he had eaten the challenge food, he so clearly was not himself that he had IV steroids and anthistamine, inhaler, oxygen. All a sobering reminder that we have to be vigilant forever, probably.
My other slight gloom is that sesame ,having been off the allergic list, is back on.
Anyway, just posting here because I know there are many of you who completely get what this is like and I know we are lucky because despite having a slightly restricted diet - eggs , peanuts, treenuts and fish are off the menu, actually it's all we've ever known and it's fine, and DS is well.
So just having a brief 'moment' in a safe place. Thanks.