Sunday, October 05, 2008

Allergist Appointment and Changing Some Things

Well, I finally made an appointment with the allergist for Karsynn. She goes Oct. 14th. She's seeing a Pediatric Allergist in Lexington who is supposed to be just wonderful. In the meantime, we've been changing some things up to see if we can see any improvements in Karsynn. We mentioned the "fits" that Karsynn has been throwing to Troy's aunt, who happens to be an RN. She said that Troy's cousin did the same thing when he was little and come to find out, he was allergic to red dye in drinks and foods. When thinking about it, Karsynn drinks and eats a lot of foods, especially juices, with red dye in them. So. we've totally cut those out. For the last two days, all she has been drinking is milk and flavored water. We've seen a bit of a change. She seems more calm and she really hasn't had a huge meltdown since we stopped the juices. So, just a fluke? Not sure, but we're not giving her any more until we see the allergist. Please pray that God intervenes for Karsynn. She is tired. We are tired. We're all running on pure adrenaline. I'm posting some updated pics of the girl. She is getting so big and so smart. I mean, sometimes she even shocks me at how smart she is.


1 comment:

Marcia said...

Have you checked out the website of the Feingold Association? You will find it interesting and helpful. I saw the same thing in my son when he was very young. The hard part is learning that not everything is on the food label. Artificial flavors are another bad additive, plus some preservatives. There are 2 really good resources. I'll list them:
www.feingold.org
Feingold-Program4us

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Feingold-Program4us/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=1