I took Asher to see his GI specialist today and the nutritionist that specializes in rare allergies. I didn't even need to make my case for food because Asher is now in the 100% for height, but still in the 35% for weight. 27" and 14.5 LBS.
So the good news is that Asher is able to eat vegitables that make up less than 7 Ammino Acid strands. I guess the reason he had a reaction to Alimentum is that Alimentum is broken down into 40 complex Ammino Strands and Asher is reacting to Amminos grouped larger than 7. We have a whole immunology report explaining this stuff that I completely do not understand...I have some research to do.
The bad news is that they believe Asher's Allergies are due largely to a Immuno Disorder, so we've been refered to an immunologist who will work in conjunction with the allergist, nutritionists, and GI specialist to help us feed our kid. Sigh.
The inbetween news is that we've got a list of def proteins that he is allergic to. They are Milk Protein, Soy, Lactic, Wheat, Whey, Eggs, Tree Nuts, Peanut.
We've been cleared to eat the following first foods after a skin scratch test done in the office today followed up by some blood tests: Organic...Carrots, Sweet Potatos, Apple, Pear, Sweet Pea and Beech Nut Rice Cereal because its the only rice cereal that does not contain Milk or Whey.
We were told to introduce Carrots first because very very few people are allergic to carrots and carrots make up only one Ammino Strand. So the first set of trials will be at home. 1 Food for three days, in the morning and in the evening. If theres no reaction we can try the next food.
We did Carrots tonight. This picture makes my heart very happy
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