My 6 year old with severe allergies is having his MMR today...

[DingleBerries]

... and everything is going to be ok, isn’t it?

It was after his third lot of baby immunisations (which were delayed a few months) that he went into anaphylactic shock with food he was previously ok with and our world turned upside down.

I’ve been shit scared to give him them MMR but today we’re doing it

It’ll be ok won’t it?

He won’t become allergic to the few foods he has left will he?

I will have his epipen on standby for immediate reaction but it’s being done in a GP surgery because his allergy consultant deemed it safe to do so (and we trust him).

My two both have sever allergies and have both had their MMR. I delayed it until they were 3.

At one point i thought DS only started reacting after his vaccinations, but when I compared the dates more closely I realised that I actually started noticing symptoms just before he had his first lot.

Hope it all went well.

The suspense of it all...

My dd has mastocytosis so has a very high risk of anaphylaxis we got the vaccines all separate and a week apart on nhs, so if she did react we could pin point what was causing the reaction.

I hope it went well OP. DD has never had the MMR, severe allergies, anaphylaxis. We did go for it once (at the hospital), they did a skin prick test and her arm doubled in size so we were sent home and told to come back in two years, we did and the same thing happened.

We might try again at some point in the future (now 11).

I completely understand your anxiety, I worried for months.

there is a mmr vaccine that's made in cell cultures. but possibly not available on nhs.

hope your ds tolerates the vaccine well without too many side effects.

I stand with you. Tomorrow my husband starts having all his childhood vaccinations again (after a stem cell transplant, which of course wipes out all immunity). I am pretty worried that he will react too.

Good luck (and I hope all is well)

We did it!!

Wowzers, 6 years of sweating, fretting and freaking out and it’s over. It’s done. He now has the first lot of the MMR and he is fine.

Thanks for the replies and the suppport.
I was shaking like a leaf before hand, and he was shaking and went pale afterwards and kept saying ‘I feel scared and I don’t know why’ despite it all being over and done with.

He’s now eating fish and chips and will be sleeping in our bed tonight.

I can’t believe we finally done it.

It seems like such a small thing but it’s huge for us after years of such ill health with him.

Phew!

Fuzzy my fingers are tightly tossed to for your DH tomorrow.

Barchester did they skin prick for the actual MMR?

I was thinking about asking for that but his consultant was so sure he would be fine I didn’t think think he would agree to it.

Yes they did Dingle, but, it was a locum in the clinic at the time the first try was attempted.

The head consultant at our hospital (world renowned teaching hospital for allergies) said that he shouldn't have done that and he should just have administered it.

But he didn't which led us down the path of trying again in a cautious way. I remember how I felt when they checked and double checked the crash kit before trying.

Excellent news though dingle, I am dreading trying again (have an appointment with the consultant in a month). Awful.

The head consultant at our hospital (world renowned teaching hospital for allergies) said that he shouldn't have done that and he should just have administered it.

Dr Fox at the Evalina?

That’s who we see.

Is your DC allergic to gelatin or any antibiotics?
I was reading a medical journal article on MMR reactions and it said that it tended to be those who were allergic to those two things which DS isn’t.
When we came into the room the nurse had the same article up on her computer and it was the first thing she asked.

Good news Dingle, glad it went well.

After DS had his MMR poor little thing looked like he had all three diseases at once.
He was sick as a dog for a week.
I was part of a longitudinal health study at the time and the consultants said that the MMR had saved his life because he was clearly highly suceptible to viruses.

Allergen reactions - zilch
Viruses = danger

So I made sure he had every vaccination going.
He's rather into his rugby now

No, not the same one Dingle.

The experiences on this thread just prove that different doctors take different approaches when dealing with children - who are all different.

Not allergic to gelatin or antibiotics and her allergies have improved, some resolved (went on a clinical trail from our hospital and saw a massive improvement in three months, the most significant one is virtually resolved).

Our appointment next month isn't with an allergy consultant but another type who always brings it up.

Well done dingle '''a huge step for you!

Barchester! You are talking my language! When you say clinical trial do you mean desensitisation programme??

If so, would you mind if I PM’d you?? DS is about to be (hopefully!) put on something similar for his worst allergies (milk and egg).

Thank you Fuzzy and Alpaca 🤗

Yes do Dingle, lots of allergies, most serious allergen was milk, immediate anaphylaxis response which was very hard to manage as it is everywhere, also allergic to beef if not well cooked - it was a few years ago now but there are a couple of proteins that occur in both milk and beef, I gather an allergy to both is rare.

Shortly after Cambridge announced its progress with peanut allergies. Uni of Leicester Hospital. There is lots out there paper wise like this if you like that sort of thing.

We had to wait until DD's IgE response wasn't off the Richter scale before we were accepted, I think she was 7 from memory (could have been 8), I can't remember what her blood test levels were.

I knew you would say Leicester Hospital. That’s the only one that’s ever done it.

Now st Thomas in London are doing it and DS has been put forward. To say that I’m excited (and him!) is a bloody understatement.

We won’t find out until next summer whether he is accepted but our fingers are crossed.

DS was also reactive to beef for about 4 years (not anaphylaxis but a horrible gut, pain, D and eczema).

I will PM you now if that’s ok

Hi, we're moving this thread out of Chat and into our Children's Health topic at the OP's request (so it doesn't disappear in 90 days).

Best wishes to you and your boy, Dingle

Thanks Dawn. If anyone finds this via Google search or just because you’re in the same boat, feel free to PM my.

My sons history of allergies and immunodeficiency is long and scary hense the MMR worry.