Peaceful Bedtime

There's been a transformation within the past week. My son is learning to fall asleep without help from his parents once again! This has been a long time coming, 6 months to be exact. Prior to the alkaline water therapy he was a great sleeper and never needed any help to fall asleep. In the 6 months since, we've been sleeping with him nightly so that he doesn't scratch himself into a bloody mess or wake himself up from scratching. Although we're still sleeping with him, he no longer needs us to rub and scratch him for an hour+ to get to sleep. It's a wonderful thing. And in the last week I've been trying to get him off the Atarax medication (It's like a strong Benedryl.) I've recently replaced it with Zyrtec at bedtime. This is progress, and much welcomed!

We've been out of town and are looking forward to continuing the NAET treatments the beginning of February. I wrote how the constant rash on his abdomen vanished after the egg treatment. It hasn't come back! We still haven't gotten the courage to actually feed him an egg. On the downside we discovered the hard way that he's allergic to crab meat--he broke out in hives and dark dots, but Benedryl from my emergency pack took care of it. I also think he's developed a latex allergy as it seems when he's playing with one of those punching balloons he breaks out into hives/eczema.

I came across this post by a Pediatrician that also works with NDs & ODs, it explains many of the reasons and theories behind Leaky Gut. She also says to stay off casein and gluten products for the four to six months while the intestinal wall heals and the beneficial intestinal bacteria are restored--we're 4 months into a GFCF diet, so I hope and pray we see the results soon:
http://www.youandyourchildshealth.org/youandyourchildshealth/articles/allergies.html

Always Be Prepared

I keep a backpack prepared for emergency situations. It contains 2 epi pen jrs., albuterol, a backup nebulizer, a list of current medications, doctor information, and chewable benedryl. Since the meds shouldn't be kept in extreme temperatures the backpack goes in and out of the house with us on a daily basis. Of course the challenge is remembering to bring it. I'm glad I had it last night for our dinner at Carrabbas. Carrabbas is a place that I've found to be allergy-friendly as they'll go out of their way to find my son something he can eat, such a vegetable that's not on the menu for that day.

I informed the waitress that this kid has food allergies, so don't bring the bread. Then she helped me with finding a suitable vegetable to go with his chicken breast. Silly me forgot to say a "plain grilled chicken breast', so as my kid is eating I look over to see hive popping up everywhere on his face. I flag the server down to ask what the chicken was marinated in, in which she replied "just olive oil." Well, I knew there had to be something more so I asked her to double check. It turns out the grilled chicken breast was marinated in butter and flour (although it wasn't fried.) So lesson learned--never assume anything is safe! Good thing I had the benedryl handy, which took care of the hives.