we took greta to the allergist to have her tested to see if she is indeed allergic to dairy and eggs. you may remember that we discovered her dairy allergy when she was just a month or so old, and the egg allergy showed up when her mommy lovingly scrambled her some eggs just a few months ago.
the picture is from the skin patch test done at the allergists. (isn't the picture just sad and pathetic?? it makes me want to cry when i look at it). the two dots on the left side of greta's back are the "controls", which tell the allergist how her skin does and does not react to an allergen.
the three on her right side are dairy, egg yolk and egg white (in that order). see if you can tell what she is NOT allergic to anymore.
you guessed it.....she is no longer allergic to dairy but she is pretty severely allergic to eggs (a 4+ on a scale of 1-4). these means that obviously eggs are off limits and that we will have her tested again for eggs around age 2. as far as dairy goes, she may still have an intolerance to dairy (like her mommy), so we are to start out introducing dairy very slowly to her and see how her body reacts. so no graeter's black raspberry chip quite yet....
halloween is a big event in our neighborhood. we probably get about 250 trick or treaters, and all night long cars roll up and kids pile out to hit all of our houses. maybe it's because there's good candy to be had. maybe because our houses are so close together. who knows. either way, you can't miss out. greta was determined to get in on the action, just like she did last year. we dressed her up in her lederhosen and went over to our neighbors' house. emily and patrick have a little boy, tom, who is just a few weeks younger than greta. we ordered pizza, passed out candy, and hung out while greta and tom motored around the front yard. it was a fun night. and greta looking so cute and so german in her costume made it even more fun. she even left her alpine hat on long enough for pictures, and she kept her pigtails in all night!!
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