Allergies!

Ugh. Thats about our week summed up in one word! Ironically, I had Mason's blood work done on Thursday afternoon to FINALLy get his allergy testing done. AND of course, what happens on Friday? He had a complete allergic reaction! (first time for this) I don't have any food allergies, but Gavin does to the Legume family (beans, peas, etc except for nuts) so far Mason has his dairy allergy that causes his excema. We *think* that he might have had a reaction to strawberries. Although he didn't have any yesterday- he did eat quite a bit of them last weekend and then again on tuesday which was the start of it (his forehead broke out in little bumps and his neck became all red and irritated where the strawberry juice ran down his neck and chest. His excema had gotten really bad over this past weekend, he's always eaten a ton of fruit, but maybe he just met his match this past weekend and then with the strawberries on Tuesday it sent his allergies into overboard. Friday at school with lunch he had some peaches and shortly after he got really red, and his face broke out in hives. His teacher Ms. Becky called me from school and said he just wasnt himself. So, Gavin picked him up from school and I made him a doctors appt (i was concerned about his congestion, but didnt think it had anything to do with his allergic reaction) the reaction didn't seem to bother his breathing or anything, it was just congestion and more topical than anything. So we took him to the Dr who put him on liquid steroids for the next few days, and told us no acidic fruits until we got his allergy test results back. So that was our nerve racking few days! He's doing much better, his face is looking better but not 100% yet and his congestion is way better at least!