Allergies 1: Carter 1

So Carter had another allergic reaction this morning. But luckily I knew what to look for and so we were able to pump him full of drugs in time and nothing go out of hand like last time. So hence the title of this post....the score is tied up.

This allergic reaction is most likely to Chocolate Malt-O-Meal. Who is allergic to that? Seriously! I read the label 9 million times to make sure it didn't have milk or eggs and it didn't. It only has a few ingredients including wheat(which he's tested fine for) barley, and cocoa. So that leads me to believe he could be allergic to chocolate or barley. For his sake, I hope it's barley.

Here is Carter right before I rushed him to the Dr.'s office. Puffy eyes, redness and full lips. This is how he woke up from his nap. I'm so glad he woke up when he did. We rushed to the dr.'s office within about 6 minutes and got an Epi shot. He was starting to have hives and his lungs were constricting by this point. But within 1 minute, the Epi kicked in. Thank heavens. We have to watch him closely the next two days and he's on a heavy steroid for now. I had my own Epi Pen but since I was so close to the hospital I let the Dr. use his Epi and saved mine for a bigger emergency. Carter was happy the whole time this was going on. Didn't cry once-not even when he got the shot-just a little fussing for about 30 seconds.

Here he is about an hour after the Epi and now with benadryl and steroids in his little body. Still puffy in the eyes but less red. Now we're back to the allergist in 2 weeks to test for MORE food allergies. I did however call Malt-O-Meal to make sure there wasn't any powdered milk in their cereals....and there's not she assured me. Which I knew there wasn't because it's a law that you list every ingredient on the box. But I had to double check. So I have a barely used box of chocolate malt-o-meal that I will sell to the highest bidder. Happy bidding!