The Good And The Bad

Adam's eczema had gotten totally out of control! I made an appointment with a local allergist to see if this could be stemming from some unknown allergy. We had the appointment yesterday. The Dr. tested him for 39 different allergens. They did this by making blue dots on his arms then taking something like a toothpick and placing some serum of whatever is being tested by the dot. I was holding his hands still during this time, so that the serum wouldn't run and the test would be accurate. I had to laugh, and tell Adam that his arms reminded me of the story of Freckle Juice by Judy Blume. Adam thought that was sort of funny. He told me that the Dr. should be called a mystery Dr., because he had to solve mysteries. When we told the Dr. that, he thought that was very accurate.

When the all came up negative he did another test on the 6 major ones to make sure that he wasn't allergic to them. These were little shots that place some serum (?) under the skin to see if there is a reaction to that.

There was no reaction. The Dr. said he was surprised that he didn't react to any of them. He really thought there would be an allergy. That made me feel better!

The good news is that there are no allergies! The bad news is that we still don't know exactly what to do to get it under control. Maybe the Dermatologist will be next on our list!