Kara was diagnosed with food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) in August of 2010. She has had many FPIES reactions and complications that have lead to numerous hospitalizations and specialist appointments. It was a huge sigh of relief to finally have some answers and a diagnosis, however we have to remind ourselves daily that this is a very serious disease and this is only the beginning of the long road we have in front of us.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

You Turkey!

We haven't done a food trial for a few days, well, over a week because of other events that have happened at our house. Only one person is allowed to have problems at a time and I wasn't going to risk it any more than that by trialing a new food with Kara!

Since meats have been going well, I thought with Thanksgiving coming that we'd trial turkey tomorrow. I was a little nervous, being Thanksgiving and having a reaction over a holiday but since she hasn't had a reaction in so long, I guess I was getting a little too confident and not thinking to clearly.

At Kara's allergist appointment today, we went over her food list and he mentioned foods to stay away from again. In this conversation, he told me no turkey for Thanksgiving since she possibly has FPIES to chicken. I laughed at my stupidity for not realizing that turkey was poultry and if she can't tolerate chicken she won't be able to tolerate turkey.

No turkey for Kara. Time for Plan B!
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