Allergist Part One

This past Wednesday I took Kelbie to see an Allergist in hopes of getting some answers as to what might be causing Kelbie to be sick so much. I might also add that Kelbie's pediatrician has never once mentioned this to me or anything and James and I decided to take it into our own hands and get some answers.

The doctor we saw was very nice. She was very into Kelbie's history, why we were there and what we can do to make it better. She checked her all out before discussing out options, in which she found that Kelbie had Sinusitis and prescribed and antibiotic to help clear it up. She didn't hear any wheezing so Asthma has pretty much been ruled out which is good. We talked about all the different allergy medicines we have tried, what has and hasn't worked and what she wanted us to try. Always interesting to hear what an Allergist has to say about medicines verse a Pediatrician (well maybe its just Kelbie's). She put her on Singular and I have seen a huge improvement since she started it two nights ago.

So on to the Allergy testing. We discussed the two different kinds and which one would be better. She first suggested blood work. It is the most accurate and takes about a week. Usually if the blood work comes back negative then there isn't a need to do another test. The second option is skin testing which is done in the office and takes about 20-30 minutes. It is brush type thing that kinda itches as it goes over her back. There are 8 different allergies on each brush and they do three different brushes, so 21 different allergens total. Once they scratch her back we wait about 20 minutes and if it welts up then she is allergic and if it doesn't she isn't. After talking about it we decided to do both and cover all the grounds we can. If all the allergies come back negative then our next step is to speak with her ENT (which we have an appointment with June 15 anyways) about having the glades that are behind her tonsils removed as that could be the cause of everything that has been going one.  We completed the blood work yesterday afternoon and go back next Wednesday for the skin test. So long story short we should have some sort of answer by the middle of next week.

I will post all of her results as soon as I get them. Praying to finally get the answers we so need right now.