Poor Ethan

Poor Ethan has been through a lot of medical procedures over the last couple of weeks. Two weeks ago we took him to see an allergist. He's had a history of moderate to severe reactions to peanuts and since he's had eczema his whole life as well, we wanted to figure out what was causing that. He had to have blood taken and tested for some basic allergens. We found out he was allergic to peanuts, almonds, egg whites, and egg yolks. They didn't test for many others so we'll probably go back in a year and test some more things. You wouldn't believe how many things you eat every day that eggs are in! Luckily, after a visit to Good Earth foods I found some substitutes to some of his favorite egg-containing foods. So Ethan's been off eggs for a week and a half now and it actually seems to be helping quite a bit. His eczema has almost completely disappeared and he is doing much better at school. His teacher said Tuesday he'd had one of his best days of the whole year.
The sad picture you see above was taken today. He had to get three fillings, sealants, and x-rays at the dentist and since he refused to even sit in the dentist's chair for his cleaning, they had to sedate him for all the fillings and stuff. They gave him a shot of something and he slept through the whole thing. Since being home, he's been in a daze on the couch. He's finally waking up more and eating some (after some throwing up earlier). Hopefully this will be the last of the medical procedures in our family for a while, except that Adam's poor mom has to have her gallbladder out tomorrow.