6 Month Research Study Check Up

Owen is in an observational research study at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The doctors and nurses at JHH are amazing, and have helped us through the food allergy maze. I am so grateful to have Owen be under their medical care.

Yesterday was a 6 month check up that was done via the phone. (they give tremendous phone support). The doctor thinks that Owen increased eczema may have less to do with soy and more to do with the heat. In any case, we are only giving him 2 cups of soy milk a day.

The doctor said he does not believe Owen is growing out of the wheat allergy because of the issue he had with play doh in May. The doctor said we can start trying fish.

I asked the doctor about the likelihood of Owen growing out of his garlic allergy. Garlic is a huge pain. He can't eat ketchup, barbecue sauce, salad dressing, marinades, allergy free chicken nuggets, sausages, etc.

The doctor said that if I would like, I can give him a little bit of ketchup and see how he does. If he tolerates it, and can very slowly increase the amount over several days. The tricky thing about ketchup is the acidity of the tomatoes can cause redness and it is difficult to tell an allergy from tomato irritation.

I am going to give the ketchup a try. I am so excited!