WOW! 8 MONTHS!!!

This past month was very productive for Chase. He learned to crawl, which his daddy taught him on Father's Day. Along with crawling came pulling himself up, so we had to lower the baby bed. He really enjoys playing with his big brother!

Well, for me I can't believe he is already 8 months old. I feel that it's just flying by way to fast. I truly can't imagine my life without him or Blake! They make it much brighter!!!

July 4th a little late!

Well, we decided this July 4th not to have our annual family party and head over to Somerville with friends. Besides, the little incident with Chase we had a great time. Blake spent time with his best friend, Caden. Billy and I got to interact with people over the age of 4...

Food Allergies

So where do I begin....

We noticed probably about mid-May that Chase was exhibiting reactions to some of his baby food. It started when he would eat certain baby foods like peaches. He would instantly break out with hives from head to toe. Not only that once when we cooked seafood he turned completely blotchy.

So, I decided that it was about time we take a visit to his pediatrician. I made sure to document all his reactions along with pictures to share with his doctor. Like I figured she referred us to an allergist, Dr. Weldon at Scott and White.

So, first of June we went for allergy testing. This past Thursday we got the results and he tested positive for cats, milk, eggs and wheat. His levels for cats were extremely high, eggs-medium and milk-low. The only problem is even though the test shows he has a low allergy the test does not say what low is. It could be anywhere from 95% to as low as 30%. He did not test positive for shellfish, but it does not mean he is not allergic to it. No peanut test was done, but most likely he has a peanut allergy because peanut, milk and egg all fall together. So we were advised to keep him away from all!!!

This weekend we went to the lake for the 4th. In preparation to stay in the RV I put Blake's 2% milk in a container I usually mix Chase's formula in. With all the hoopla going on I FORGOT TO tell Billy. We brought the boys down to the lake to swim and Chase got fussy and Billy took him back to the RV to fix a bottle. Well, he fixed a bottle with Blake's milk.......instantly Chase went into anaphylactic shock.

A friend of ours came running down to the lake to get me and by the time I made it to the RV Chase was flushed and completely red.

We are nowhere around a hospital, so we jumped in the car and dialed 911. The ambulance met us about 12 min down the road. When they reached us Chase was covered in hives and his oxygen level was at 88%. He immediately was hooked up to an IV and benadryl was given to him. So, 2 hours, 3 steroids later we were back at the lake. Thank goodness for good medics and Burleson County St. Joseph.

We now know his milk allergy is extremely high....much.

Today we went to visit Dr. Weldon and he is extremely concerned about his milk allergy. We were sent home with epi pens and told to have it at all times, never to let him eat restaurant food, become a soy family, join support groups and to stay for away from milk, eggs and peanuts.

I still have my baby.....thank you God!