About three weeks ago, we were cleaning up dinner and I remembered I had some caramel popcorn with cashews - I grabbed the bag and gave Jack a few pieces. It's one of our favorites! Curious, morgan asked if she could have a "honey nut" and I told her of course! Didn't give it a second thought. After one small piece of cashew she exclaimed her tongue hurt. I figured she bit it or had a small ulcer that was bothering her. She went to sit down and I went to do dishes. She wasn't moving or talking and it looked like she didn't feel well. She whispered something to Jason and he called me over. Still, not suspecting the cashew, I went over and saw her scratching around her mouth. It was red and bleeding (from her scratching so hard). She then told me her tummy hurt and began projectile vomiting. Jason and I (sort of at the same time) concluded that she may be having an allergic reaction. She was breathing ok and seemed to be over the worst of it. We called the pediatrician on call and she advised us to give her Benadryl and to make an appointment in the morning. We were told to avoid all nuts until further notice.
We gave her the medicine and about 45 minutes later she threw up again. We stayed up late into the night watching her to make sure she was ok.
That was 3 weeks ago. In that time we saw her pediatrician who referred us to a pediatric allergist. That particular allergist had a 7 month wait list! So we were just starting to look elsewhere when I got a call from the pediatric allergist saying they want her in for Monday 12/19. I was grateful - thought they must have had a cancellation.
We went to the appointment this past Monday. They were fantastic. We learned that they got us a 'golden ticket' in to the Dr. because she felt we needed an epi pen ASAP. She felt Morgan's reaction could have very easily been life threatening. We weren't aware of just how serious it could have been. For anyone that knows us - we've seen our share. This one came out of nowhere and we are so grateful nothing worse happened that night.
They did some testing on Morgan and she was diagnosed as anaphylactic to Cashews. We were given an RX for the epipen jr. And we're told to avoid all tree nuts. Since she hasn't reacted to peanuts and they aren't related to tree nuts we were given the okay to let her eat peanuts/peanut butter. The risk is always cross contamination. So we are completely nut-free until further notice.
If we do reintroduce peanuts - it will be only in our home and only products she has had before.
If you are with Morgan she will tell you nuts make her sick and won't eat anything containing nuts. We haven't scared her with the details but she knows she doesn't want to get sick. So please do follow our lead and please if you feed my kid, read every word of every label! NO NUTS FOR MORGAN!
We gave her the medicine and about 45 minutes later she threw up again. We stayed up late into the night watching her to make sure she was ok.
That was 3 weeks ago. In that time we saw her pediatrician who referred us to a pediatric allergist. That particular allergist had a 7 month wait list! So we were just starting to look elsewhere when I got a call from the pediatric allergist saying they want her in for Monday 12/19. I was grateful - thought they must have had a cancellation.
We went to the appointment this past Monday. They were fantastic. We learned that they got us a 'golden ticket' in to the Dr. because she felt we needed an epi pen ASAP. She felt Morgan's reaction could have very easily been life threatening. We weren't aware of just how serious it could have been. For anyone that knows us - we've seen our share. This one came out of nowhere and we are so grateful nothing worse happened that night.
They did some testing on Morgan and she was diagnosed as anaphylactic to Cashews. We were given an RX for the epipen jr. And we're told to avoid all tree nuts. Since she hasn't reacted to peanuts and they aren't related to tree nuts we were given the okay to let her eat peanuts/peanut butter. The risk is always cross contamination. So we are completely nut-free until further notice.
If we do reintroduce peanuts - it will be only in our home and only products she has had before.
If you are with Morgan she will tell you nuts make her sick and won't eat anything containing nuts. We haven't scared her with the details but she knows she doesn't want to get sick. So please do follow our lead and please if you feed my kid, read every word of every label! NO NUTS FOR MORGAN!
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