Noah's trip to the Allergist

Daddy and his boys

Matt and I took Noah to see a pediatric allergist yesterday. The most interesting news was that we found out that he is allergic to both peanuts and cashews. The allergist did a scratch test to test him for various nuts and those came back positive. We talked with the allergist a lot about Noah's allergies and learned more about them. She confirmed that it is unlikely that he will outgrow his nut allergies and said that she was not concerned about his apple and strawberry allergies because he will likely outgrow those as a toddler. She gave us another prescription for epi-pens as well as instructions on how and when to use them. We will follow up in a year where he will be re-tested. Noah was really not happy about the scratch test. He cried and daddy held him while mommy tried to entertain. He was tested for peanuts, cashews, almonds, and pecans and as previously mentioned, only tested positive for the first two. Of course since most nuts are all handled/ processed in the same manufacturing facilities, we will be avoiding all nuts - except for family which we are looking forward to seeing over Thanksgiving.