It was back to work for Julia today. This morning at 10:30 they applied a little bit of peanut butter to a gauze bandage and left it against her skin for 2 minutes.
Two minutes later we had this:
Yep, one big hive and a red mark. It evident that she does react when she comes into contact with the peanut protien.
10 minutes later we had this:
My cutie in the ER!
Now we were having a pretty bad skin reaction so we were sent to the ER part of the unit to be monitored to make sure nothing else happened. The hives started to go away on their own and we were released from the ER part.
At 12:45 we were eating lunch and Julia started scratching her arm. I mean really scratching. I lifted her shirt and saw that the hives were back and they didn't look happy.
So, it was back to the ER to be monitored for a while.
After all was said and done, the docs said that while she might be uncomfortable if she comes into contact with peanut butter or peanuts, it will not be life threatening. What they worry about with someone her age, is that they would come into contact and then touch their mouths or eyes and then she would have a life threatening situation. So, back to avoid, avoid, avoid.
After the contact test they did an inhaling test. They had her take 5 deep breaths of peanut butter and then she sat in a room with an open container of it for 5 minutes. They watched her for an hour. Her face turned a little pink, but she didn't have any significant reaction.
The docs said that when she is older she can sit next to someone eating PB and be fine, as long as she doesn't come into contact with it. They said that they would not recommend having her around peanuts that are being shelled. She is super sensitive to the protein and when a peanut is shelled it actually releases some protein in the air. So no Texas Roadhouse or Logans Steakhouse for us.
After a long day of testing, we headed back to the hotel. Julia fell asleep in the car so I sat in the parking lot for a while so she could catch a quick nap. After her nap we headed to park the car. The garage at our hotel has this lighted disc's above each spot. They are green and then when you pull into them they turn red. Julia loves to stand under them and watch them turn red. She wanted me to take a video of it changing, so I did, and here it is.
And we ended the night at dinner with my cousins. It was so great to see them!
We have our first and hopefully last meeting with our doc team tomorrow. I don't think there is much left to do. Hopefully we can head home sooner than we though!
