Eli and the Food Allergies

It is hard to believe that Eli has been in this program for one year. I’ll admit that at times, it feels like he’s been in it much longer. The day in and day out of maintenance and dosing is a lot of work both for him and for our family. We didn’t really know…

Our last appointment was in March and Eli challenged sheep yogurt and macadamia nut, both of which he passed. During his second appointment, they introduced denatured (boiled) goat’s milk and duck yolk. He also did his one year blood draw, where they check on how his body is responding to the program. We don’t have…

Eli just participated in a really wonderful program here in Oregon (and possibly other states?) called Outdoor School. The program sends every sixth grader in Oregon on a week-long (4 day) trip to a camp in the great outdoors in order to learn outside. When I was in sixth grade, I went, my brother went…

I haven’t written in a long time, but Eli’s program continues each day. With the business of school and my children actually wanting to be social, there has been less time to write. You may wonder, what does Eli’s treatment look like right now? Here is a quick rundown: Some things stay the same, every…

This last appointment was the shortest one we’ve had so far. Adam and Eli flew down on a Tuesday afternoon, stayed the night in a hotel, went to a morning appointment, and were back home in HIllsboro by 5:30pm- a whirlwind! Typically, Eli has more than one appointment, which is why we end up staying…

When Eli was first diagnosed with food allergies, baking was the hardest thing to relearn. I don’t know if you’ve tried your hand at vegan baking, but the results can be disappointing. A lot of the time, people will try it and say something like “it’s good for being vegan” but don’t really think about…

Any holiday with food is a bit of a minefield for our family, but none so much as Halloween. It is rife with interesting things like the fact that most candy has Eli’s allergens, different sizes of candy have different ingredients, there can be little or no label on some small candies, and more! One…

I can’t believe how long it’s been since I last wrote. Time is racing past me this year! In terms of Eli’s treatment, school has been a big adjustment.  Eli is required to eat a large amount of food every morning as a part of his maintenance and conditioning his body for the eventual introduction…

Someday I plan to do a tasting menu of all of the food Eli had to eat for this program. Some are things we’ve heard of but never had to eat in volume, like chia and poppy seeds, while others feel wilder and strange, like mare’s milk and quail egg (in the future, donkey’s milk,…

We just returned from our 4th trip to the Food Allergy Institute! Between our last appointment and this one, we’ve been dosing Eli with denatured mare’s milk (horse) and mustard seed. At this next set of appointments (two over the course of two days) Eli challenged his dosing foods and was introduced to his two,…