Every couple of months my husband and I sneak away on a date night and I almost always request that we get something with nuts!
We all do avoid peanuts and cashews since those are Tyler's most severe allergies but the allergist gave us the OK to sneak an almond or pecan on occasion when we are away. I absolutely love nuts but admit I feel guilty about it sometimes.
One tradition for Brad and I has been to eat the delicious roasted almonds they sell at Detroit Pistons games, our local NBA team. I'm not sure if I enjoy the almonds or the game more!
About a month or two ago, it was no different. Brad brought some almonds home from a game he went to with a friend. The kids were in bed and we ate our beloved nuts. Brad abruptly stopped eating them without saying much. About 15 minutes later, he told me he was having a reaction to something. (He has other food allergies so he knows "that feeling.")
Being the nut allergy mom I am, I realized it was to probably to the almonds and I freaked out. He took Benadryl and I knew right where Tyler's Epi Pens were if we needed them (two Epi Jr.'s equal one adult dose.)
He insisted he did not have a nut allergy but the Benadryl helped stop the reaction. I insisited he go in for allergy testing. Finally (after lots and lots of begging!), last week he did.
The verdict?
An allergy to almonds and hazelnuts!! He is now a member of the Epi Pen toting club. Tyler thinks its pretty cool that Daddy has a nut allergy and an Epi Pen now. (I'm not feeling so happy about it!)
Nothing really changes around our house, except that now I have no one in the house that I can sneak out of the house and safely eat nuts with!
This is proof that food allergies, including nuts, can develop at any age.
While part of me is relieved to have an answer about the "itchy throat issue," I have my own little bit of grief to deal with. Now I have two nut allergy people to worry about in our house!
Every couple of months my husband and I sneak away on a date night and I almost always request that we get something with nuts!
We all do avoid peanuts and cashews since those are Tyler's most severe allergies but the allergist gave us the OK to sneak an almond or pecan on occasion when we are away. I absolutely love nuts but admit I feel guilty about it sometimes.
One tradition for Brad and I has been to eat the delicious roasted almonds they sell at Detroit Pistons games, our local NBA team. I'm not sure if I enjoy the almonds or the game more!
About a month or two ago, it was no different. Brad brought some almonds home from a game he went to with a friend. The kids were in bed and we ate our beloved nuts. Brad abruptly stopped eating them without saying much. About 15 minutes later, he told me he was having a reaction to something. (He has other food allergies so he knows "that feeling.")
Being the nut allergy mom I am, I realized it was to probably to the almonds and I freaked out. He took Benadryl and I knew right where Tyler's Epi Pens were if we needed them (two Epi Jr.'s equal one adult dose.)
He insisted he did not have a nut allergy but the Benadryl helped stop the reaction. I insisited he go in for allergy testing. Finally (after lots and lots of begging!), last week he did.
The verdict? An allergy to almonds and hazelnuts!!
He is now a member of the Epi Pen toting club. Tyler thinks its pretty cool that Daddy has a nut allergy and an Epi Pen now. (I'm not feeling so happy about it!)
Nothing really changes around our house, except that now I have no one in the house that I can sneak out of the house and safely eat nuts with!
This is proof that food allergies, including nuts, can develop at any age.
While part of me is relieved to have an answer about the "itchy throat issue," I have my own little bit of grief to deal with. Now I have two nut allergy people to worry about in our house!