A new journey

Today we start a new journey 

A journey we hope will be worth the pain and the countless Dr. appointments

We actually started this journey quite some time ago {4 years ago}

Doctors couldn't explain what was wrong with our son

When I begged them for answers 

Not one of them could give us any

Fed up and exhausted with our options,

I decided I was his mom

I knew him the best 

I would figure it out

and I did

The diagnosis:

A food allergy to artificial orange flavoring

This was the start of our journey

An appointment to an allergy/asthma specialist revealed so much more

The diagnosis:

Environmental allergies

Ragweed

Kort grass

FireBush/koch

Pigweed

Russian Thistle

Ash trees

Birch trees

Elm trees

Hickory trees

Maple trees

Oak trees 

Walnut trees
and

Willow trees

Parker has been heavily medicated for 3 years now

His doctor told us that his allergies may get better as he gets older

but his have continually gotten worse

He is on as much medication I am willing to give him

This spring his doctor wanted to add another and we refused

Today I will be calling Town Square Allergy and Asthma Clinic to have his serum mixed

Parker will be starting allergy shots next week

We know this will be a long journey

He will be getting shots once a week for 4-6 months
Once he's had the maintenance dose,
he will get shots every 2-4 weeks for the next 4-6 months
Then he will be given monthly shots for 3-5 years

In the spring when we decided that we were running out of options,
I talked to Parker about what he wanted to do
He's tired of feeling awful and was ready to do the shots
We'll see how next week goes
He has been a trooper through all of the testing and meds so I imagine this will be nothing for him



Let's get this journey started!
The sooner we start, the sooner we'll be done!