Zach has an appointment to see the asthma/allergy dr on Monday. In preparation for this appointment, Zach has to go off all the antihistamines he is on. Right now he is on 4 or 5 different meds to try and keep his hives and rashes under control. At this point this point the only things we know for sure that he is allergic to are latex and peanut. Peanut causes his asthma to act up.

Zach is off to see the asthma/allergy doctor for both his idiopathic hives and a cough that we have seen the pediatrician about multiple times now over the past several months. We have tried so many things now to get his cough under control and clear it up, but we are now going on month 3 or 4 (at least) and his cough is not getting any better. So it is time to move onto the specialist. However, it the allergy testing Zach is worried about. Not all the little pokes and prods, but the prep before hand because he has to stop ALL his meds except his Flovent and Albuterol. Everything else is in the antihistamine family.

Poor kid is so worried about how itchy and miserable he is going to be this weekend and that by his appointment he will be covered in hives. Like I told him, if he is covered in hives, that is perfectly fine as he is off to see the perfect doctor for that.

I had the school nurse print off a list for me to take to this appointment for the school year everytime he has seen her so far for hives, rashes, cough, wheeze, anything relating to this doctor. She gave me a pile of papers 5 or 6 pages thick listing everytime he has been in her that she made a note. She did not make a note everytime he saw her just to grab a cough-drop.

So if you see Zach covered in hives or a funny raised rash, do not worry because he is off all his controller meds to fight back these rashes. He is very likely to just break out over the next week too as once he is able to start back on the meds, he will take a few days before he under control again... 0_o

I suspect part of the rashes he gets during the summer time are related to his Raynaud's. ....wondering if this doctor is familiar with this vascular disorder or not. I will for sure have information about mast cell growths. Because he is mostly affected during the summer when he is out in the sun with his funny wart like things that are not warts. We know for sure they are not warts because warts do not come and go like his do...