Super Annoyed

So the two days following Jaiden’s doctor appointment, the hives continued to multiply and it was apparent that Jaiden felt like crap. He would be sitting snuggled up in my lap murmuring a constant groan. It broke my heart. I finally called the doctor again on Thursday as his face appeared to be swelling too. They had said originally that if this was a viral infection it would definitely start to get better within a day or two. But it was getting worse, much worse. She told me to start children’s Benadryl immediately, and if I noticed any swelling of the mouth, tongue, or throat to get him to the ER within minutes. Yikes! As I’m making Jaiden’s morning cereal I have one of those “ah-ha” moments. I switched from rice cereal to oatmeal cereal about a week ago... and my Grandma Horan had a severe allergy to oatmeal. I call the doctor back again and make sure that oatmeal was on their list of things to test, or added to it.

Fast forwarding now to 4 days later, I called the doctor’s office this morning to get his results. She said his paperwork just came through and that through his blood work it was apparent that there was some sort of an allergic reaction. Awesome, finally some answers. Nope—think again. She said that everything they tested for had come back negative. I made a comment somewhere along the lines of that’s weird; I thought it was for sure the oatmeal. She was silent for a little bit, then said, “hmm, looks like we didn’t check for oatmeal.” Ugh! Are you serious?! She said she was going to call the lab and see if there was anything she could do at this point, and then call me back. She also mentioned that they may have to order more blood work... which I really won’t be happy about. Needless to say, I have no answers yet, although I’m almost certain that the little guy is allergic to oats. He's completely 100% back to normal now, but keep your fingers crossed that we get some answers soon!