Tuesday, December 8, 2009

The incredible, EDIBLE (by DEEGAN) egg:

Dear Eggnog, and scrambled eggs-with salt and pepper. Deegan REEEAAALLY likes you!

After nearly 4 hours at the allergist Monday morning, Deegan is free and clear of his egg allergy. He is still allergic to peanuts, but the Dr. is really hopeful that we are seeing good progress. We started by scrambling an egg in the microwave at the Dr.'s office and the nurse brought in maybe the amount of a teaspoon. She rubbed around the "pricker" in the egg to be poked on his forearm, and he had the scrambled egg rubbed on the outside and inside of his lips. Then he was supposed to chew it and spit it out. He got a little excited and ate some...immediately requesting more, with salt and pepper, PLEASE!

He got his wish (thankfully Mommy brought s&p from home since remembering this test last year). He started slow and worked his way to a larger portion every 15 minutes. He was just as amazing a little boy as I could have asked him to be. It's a good thing he's been desiring eggs for the last couple months. He just kept begging for more. When we were done, Deegan said, "I need more eggs."

What better way to celebrate than with a yummy cup of eggnog? Deegan's response..."MMMM! THAT. IS. GOOOOOD!" Our family has decided that Deegan must next try Cream Puffs, Angel Food cake, French Toast, omlettes, fried eggs, fried egg sandwiches, deviled eggs, and who knows what else! This is such a relief to our little man. He has not been able to eat ranch dressing, most salad dressings, mayo, miracle whip and on and on the list went! Not anymore. This makes our family so excited for Deegan. Even if he never outgrows peanuts, I feel like his world just got so much bigger! Looking at this list of food makes me realized that all those tears every time we told him "No" were really because he was honestly being tortured. Welcome to our world little guy-You're going to LOVE it!

7 comments:

Vehar Family said...

Yay! What a blessing! It's good to hear what you guys have been up to... we've missed the updates!

Jenny said...

This gives me so much hope!! So happy for the little guy!

Natalie said...

What a small miracle. I cannot imagine being allergic to eggs. They are in everything!! The peanut thing would be a catastrophe in my family! But eggs, that would be. . .worse than a catastrophe!! Way to be strong mom!!

Chris and Kim said...
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Chris and Kim said...

Yay for Deegan! He will be so happy to have more of a variety in his food choices. I hope you guys are doing well - I thought of you Shannon as we were putting up our Christmas tree last week because you always made your tree look beautiful!
I miss you!

Anonymous said...

Awesome!!! What a relief! I miss you terribly and wish we could come down and see you guys!

Vehars said...

Congrats to little Mr. Deegan!! That is awesome! Your gift is on it's way. But I must apologize in advance I wasn't able to get any candy, things have been super crazy around here. But I'm sure the kids will enjoy the movie regardless. Love you all!