Introducing myself

[Guest guest]

Hi all!

My name is Wendi, I am the single-only parent of one child (,

4). I had a feeling about peanut allergy when was about 6

months old and my sister-in-law had given a very small amount

of peanut butter. Actually, she had given a peanut butter

sandwich and after one bite would not eat it. I am guessing

that just KNEW something wasn't right. After that I hadn't

given any peanut products until one night I gave her a spoonful

when she was 2 1/2. Anyway, we ended up in the hospital with an

anaphylactic reaction. Talk about nightmare!

has always had eczema since birth. I am going to speak to the

allergist about doing different food allergy testing. So far we have

only done the peanut. The other tests ran had to do with " hayfever " ,

since we live in a agricultural, oil, and industrial area. Our valley

has a high percentage of people with " hayfever " and asthma. s

allergy to olive trees (in bloom) is almost as high as her peanut

allergy. Go figure! She can eat olives, and would eat a whole can if

I let her. In addition to carrying the Epi-Pen Jr., a bottle of

Benadryl, and special lotions and soap, we now have to carry FloNase.

Anyway, enough with my book. I am glad that you have this group. I

too wanted to join a support group and found that there were too many

members in the other threads. A little too easy to forget who is who,

or get lost in the shuffle!

I hope to chat with you all soon.

Wendi -------- s Mom