Dog Allergy?

Dog Allergy?

The kids and I were at SIL's last Saturday. We were visiting as she had just given birth to her first born. Three of the kids were nursing a little cold so I asked them not to go up to the room. I did not want to expose SIL nor my baby nephew to any virus. The kids stayed at the family room and watched TV with the family's 2 dogs as I happily chatted with SIL and lovingly cuddled my nephew.

Around noon, MIL asked why DS' left eye was swollen. I was surprised to hear this because it was definitely not swollen when we left the house earlier in the morning. When I saw DS, his left eye was almost swollen shut! It scared me a bit. I bought antihistamine from the drugstore and gave him a teaspoonful.

Soon after, a friend of ours who happens to be a PA arrived to visit SIL and the baby. I hijacked her and asked her to check on DS. She determined that it was definitely an allergic reaction that was aggravated when DS rubbed his eye. The boys' beds were turned to exam tables as she laid DS and flushed his eye with saline solution. The swelling subsided a bit.

I do not know for sure what triggered the allergic reaction. The only thing I can point to are the dogs. For now I am claiming that he's allergic to dogs. It's the reason I can give to the kids when they badger me, asking for a puppy.

Sorry kids, we can't have a dog. Kuya is allergic. :)

Banana allergy

Banana allergy

A little over a week ago, DD3 started developing a rash on her face. They weren't small prickly rash either. They looked more like golf balls - big splotches of red on both cheeks and chin with some raised areas and some bedimpled areas. And it was really itchy too as she kept scratching it. Poor baby!
For the life of me, I could not figure out what was causing it. I had started feeding her table food when she turned 1 so I thought that maybe she was reacting to some of the food I was feeding her. I went back to feeding her baby food - all steamed with no salt or sugar whatsoever. She happily ate that food, thank goodness. It was just tedious for me since I had to prepare her food separately. Anyway, nothing was working.
When she woke up in the morning, it looked like the rash was going away but as the day wore on, it would flare up. By the end of the day, she had the rosiest cheeks you could ever have seen! LOL!
The only thing I had not taken away from her diet at that point was her favorite bananas. I figured that she could not possibly be allergic to it since she had been having banana since forever!
Well, looks like she has developed an allergy to it! Crazy huh?
I stopped giving her banana on Sunday and her skin has become a lot clearer now. I've never heard of a banana allergy. But I guess that's what she has!