Abby's Summer of 2009

It has been a long time since I have had a wee bit of time to plug out a post. This summer has been one of the worst I hope Abby ever has to endure. She has had a lot of sever trauma to her jaw/mouth/teeth, Strep throat, bowel problems, and lastly she has discovered that (as her favorite BNL song Allergies boasts) Allergies SUCK!

She found out on her brothers birthday just how much it can suck. Watching your child have an anaphylactic episode/reaction is one I hope no one has to ever witness. As an exEMT I still felt helpless because it was my daughter. Abby is now officially allergic to cats AND all tree nuts and will be "challenged" to a peanut and sesame seed test in the next few months. Luckily those two (the peanut and sesame seeds) were somewhat mild enough to have her tested in house with the item versus just a blood test. However she has to stay clear of pistacios and cashews at all costs as well as pecans, walnuts, and almonds...

I was really hoping that my kids could avoid food allergies all together. As my one food allergy didn't show up until I was in my 20's. But now it is "highly" likely that she will have this allergy for the rest f her life. Because of the results from two of the tree nuts tested. Personally I LOVE tree nuts and peanuts but I will be strong and SUCK IT UP for her.

Abby starts preschool in two weeks and I am getting excited for her. She loves reading and coloring and playing and all she needs now is better social skills - which I can't give her. So I am hoping she loves school as much as she has been leading on that she is. When we visited to sign her up she didn't want to leave. Which is a good sign. I hope that can be a good thing that ends all the crumby things that have happened to her this year. But don't get me wrong she has had lots of great things happen to her this year too, they just aren't nearly as interesting to write about.