Egg Update

We've done a lot of work with eggs.  At the risk of sounding like a broken record, our first NAET egg treatment was in December 2009.  Egg is the second scheduled treatment in the NAET protocol because of the underlying proteins in them and how prevalent protein is in our diets.  When we started NAET, my husband and I were extremely skeptical, leery, and just plain desperate.  We didn't expect to really see results, but thought we didn't have anything to loose.  To our surprise, the morning after the egg treatment all the hives on my son's torso vanished and have never returned.  Mind you, these hives had been there for a couple of years and no matter what we tried or changes we made they persisted.  We were in awe, but still not completely sure if it could have been the treatment.  However, we couldn't deny that his body was now hive free.  Even though he passed the treatment we still were reluctant to trial any eggs given how reactive he was to most everything else, so we continued to avoid them.

Fast forward to last summer when I accidently gave him some soup that unknowingly contained egg.  It was Lemon Rice soup from a restaurant, which he tried and really enjoyed.  After a couple bites a small patch of hives appeared over his eye/forehead.  It's one of his main trouble spots that always flares when he has a reaction.  That's when we found out he accidentally trialed eggs.  The good news was there was no projectile vomiting like his first egg encounter.

This fall we continued to work on egg.  It took four times to pass egg yolks and egg whites with emotion combinations.  We have yet to try an egg.  However last night we were back at the same restaurant with the lemon rice soup.  He tried it again, loving every bite he took.  The best part---NO HIVES!  I'm cautiously optimistic.  Maybe now we'll be ready to try egg in baked goods?!  My mind still has a hard time picturing him eating scrambled eggs, it's something he's never done before.  Oh the possibilities.  But we'll still proceed with caution, we've come so far but still have work to do.

Granola Bars are "Super Duper Good!"

I posted my kid's old RAST results in the previous post to provide some validation that I'm not making this stuff up.  Something is working for him, and I've seen proof with NAET.  Today was a big day, he got to try my granola bars that he's had his eye on for quite some time.  Problem is that they contain oats and soy.  He had a NAET treatment to oats yesterday and soy a while back so we went for it.  But I should have probably started out with a more pure food like oatmeal in case there was a reaction.

Here's the ingredient list:

In the past he's reacted with hives and eczema to:  oats, soy, and honey.  His RAST rated oats a level 3, and honey & soy at a level 4.  He has had NAET treatments to oats, sugar (including honey), soy, salt, and soy lecithin.

Here's the granola bar trial.  I know I should have only let him have a crumb, but he was loving it and ended up eating one whole bar.  If he would have had any previous anaphylactic or breathing issues with any of these foods we wouldn't have tried these at home.  I'm looking forward to working with the allergist on such foods.

And the results . . .Granola bars are "Super Duper Good!"  It's been a few hours and NO REACTION of any sort!  Here it is from the 'horse's mouth' (excuse his bad manners, he was eating lunch):

RAST results

We had RAST testing done in August 2009 because I could no longer follow the allergist's advice of "if you think he's allergic to it, just avoid it."  Looking back, it was the day I jumped off the deep end but instead of a crash landing it turned out to be the start of a new beginning.  The test validated to me that I wasn't crazy, that I wasn't making this stuff up, and that I really needed to find health professionals that were willing to help.  My 3 year-old at the time had 4 vials of blood taken, and screamed all the way through it.  He was tested for 40 different food allergens at a cost of $1250.  When the results came back it was clear why we were having a hard time avoiding things I thought he was allergic to.  19 of the 40 came back at a level 2 or higher, 7 were categorized at level 3, 4 at level four, and good old peanuts at level 6.  Here's a partial snap shot of his results, followed by the rating chart:

It was also at this time that his eczema was at it's absolute worse to the point that the doctor suggested we consider flying out to National Jewish hospital in Denver to have him hospitalized for his skin:

Fortunately we found a wonderful Ped who deals primarily with inflammation issues such as allergies, asthma, and autism.  I'm so thankful for his open-mindness, persistence, and desire to get to the root of problems.  He's the one that started us on Probiotics, Vitamin D, LDN, and NAET and has given our family so much peace of mind.  I am forever grateful for his help.