Anaphylaxis reactions run in my family. However, we (my Dad and I) just avoided the allergen and voilà we were fine. I am anaphylactic allergic to salmon, tuna and other red fleshed fish. My dad told me the very last time I saw him before he passed that he "always had problems with walnuts and could never eat them". Oh boy.
There I was with a little boy so so allergic and my father was finally mentioning that he had had nut allergies. Well guess what? So does my son.
He is deathly allergic to peanuts, nuts, seeds, seafood and sulpha. He has to carry two epipens at all times. Even as a wee boy, he had to be responsible for his own epipens. I had to obtain a doctor's note so that the school allowed him to carry his own emergency medication. Most kids leave it in the nurses office but we did not have that as an option.
This is a really problematic medical problem on so many levels. I had to find a way to best protect my son while allowing him to lead the most normal life possible. Home, school, daycare, friends, camps etc. I lived with stress, anxiety and worry every single day of his life.
He has not had a reaction in 11 years. Why not? Because he still follows the strategies and rules that we set up when he was young.
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