Yesterday my beautiful G underwent a gruelling 2 hours of allergy testing via an innocent-sounding procedure called the 'scratch test'. IN actuality it is exactly 70 mini-shots or pokes on her back within 3 minutes. Then 15 minutes of waiting for reaction while the welts form. And the welts *did* form. And she wasn't allowed to itch or move. It was hell. My 12 yo laying face down shirtless with a grid of 70 little squares written in marker on her back while we sat trying to fam the blazing red hives to relieve her pain. She sobbed and cried. Then, joy of joys then sat her up and injected 14 more serums into her upper arms. She was shaking uncontrollably, this time so spent from her crying, that she just sat white as a ghost and little tears dribbled down her face. Oh God.
I know there are mamas who go thru this with their kids, and even worse (see my dear friend Carrie's blog) and I am SO thankful for healthy children, but for someone not used to such medical surroundings and procedures this was so unnerving. G survived, and we cancelled school for the day on behalf of her battle scars and went to Panera for treats.
The diagnosis....she is severly allergic to grasses, trees and pollen. Mildly allergic to cats and dust/dustmites. Today we head to the hospital for a CT scan to determine whether she's got chronic sinusitis. If so, we face 4 weeks of strenuous anti-biotic, as well as her new daily dose of 3 allergy meds. These will accompany her every year from April thru October for the rest of her sweet life.
*sigh*
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It's Saturday, is she OK? Did the CT scan go alright? Just thinking of you...
Love, Beth
Scan was a breeze...like 45 seconds of laying on a cushy bed.
Now the 90 minutes beforehand in the waiting room sans TV, books, windows, etc with S and B was another story! I knew our memory work would come in handy...I just didn't think it would be the trick I pulled out of the hat in a waiting room :o)
Haven't received the results yet...hope the doc calls Monday.
Poor girl! I went through that as a kid, awful. She held up much better than I did!
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