Thursday, July 22, 2010

Allergy testing

Macie had her blood drawn for allergy testing on Saturday. Phil took her over to the hospital, and Macie immediately knew where they were when they got out of the car. She was not happy to be there!!! When I made the appointment I requested a pediatric nurse do the blood draw. Phil said it made a huge difference. Last blood draw they had to poke her four times, this nurse found the spot and only had to poke her once.
The Dr. called yesterday with the results, and all the tests came back negative for allergies. I was shocked. This test checked for allergies to milk, cats, dogs, ragweed, peanuts, maple trees (good thing there isn't an allergy there.....said with an eye roll), and a bunch of other things. They are going to send me the results so I can see what it did test for. I thought for sure AT LEAST she would show an allergy to milk. I have to call back and ask them if "milk allergy" is the same as "milk intolerance".
So, back to the drawing board......Another situation where you just wish they would find something so you can "treat" it. Instead, it still remains a mystery.

1 comment:

Diane said...

Well, thank goodness she can continue to hang out in those maple trees (Also said with an eye roll).