Keegan

Keegan went to the dentist for the first time this summer.  Landon and I also had appointments that day and Keegan was super excited.  He couldn't wait to go and asked me all week how many more days until he could go.  I hope he always likes going to the dentist!  He sat so still and did great!

Patiently waiting in the chair

 Getting ready

 Being so good and still while they counted his teeth and cleaned them

 The first time we were in Illinois this summer, Keegan had some allergic reactions.  He broke out in hives and his eyes were swollen also.  Two of the times there were dogs around so I thought it might be that, but we couldn't figure out the other time.  When we came back home, we saw his pediatrician and she did some blood work to test for allergies.  It turns out that he is allergic to many things including cats, dogs, mold and trees.  His numbers for having a fish allergy were also extremely high.  Since there were multiple things that showed up on the blood test, they recommended that we see a pediatric allergist.  Milk, eggs and wheat were very minor allergies also that the allergist said not to even worry about.  Cats and dogs were pretty significant, but he just needs an antihistamine for those.  The only allergies that are life threatening are food allergies.  His milk allergy was .3.  So…I asked about his fish allergy and it was 19.7, much higher.  Since we eat a lot of fish, I wanted to do the scratch test to see if he was really allergic and to see what kinds of fish would bother him.  The allergist did a scratch test with all types of white fish.

Here is the picture as soon as she put the fish oil on him.  

 This is what he looked like 5-10 minutes into the test.  

All of those welts means that he was having an allergic reaction.  So, it turns out he can't ingest any fish.  He has never liked fish (probably because it makes him so sick) so that is good at least.  We just need to be a lot more careful with fish around him.  He has an Epi pen that we would have to use if he would ever ingest any type of fish and have trouble breathing or have a reaction.  Weirdly, shell fish is not an allergy for him but we wouldn't even try it.  We also realized that the other time he had a reaction in Illinois was when we had a fish fry at my parents house.  Even though he didn't eat any, he was around it.  

I hate that he has allergies and will have to deal with this his whole life, but Keegan is such a trooper. He did great getting blood drawn, didn't even flinch.  He was also amazing with the scratch test.  He played with toys the whole time and never complained except for saying his back itched.  He has reactions that have to itch him and bother him like crazy and he does so well with them.

On an exciting note, Keegan starts Preschool this year.  I can't believe it and it makes me sad, but he is so excited about it so I love that!  He will meet his teachers on September 8th and start September 10th. This year he will just go for two mornings a week.  He is going to Fit by Five, which is were Landon also went.  I will keep you posted with First Day of School pics for both of the boys!