Allergic to cashews

[polychrome_baby]

I'm going to try to write this out to let go of it. This is what it is to find out your child has a serious food allergy

Comments

[dreamweaver523]

So thankful Jilly is okay. Good job keeping a cool head.

[polychrome_baby]

Thank you.

[idemandjustice]

I'm so glad she's okay!

I think cross-contamination is pretty common with most nuts, so that generally means that no nuts are safe, AFAIK.

I found out a few months ago that Simon is allergic to salmon, which is an allergy I've never heard of. Thankfully it was a pretty mild reaction (some hives that went away after not too long, no hospital trip necessary, thank goodness). And he'd really liked salmon, too. He's been totally fine with crab cheese wontons in the past, so it's not shellfish. I didn't even know people had fish allergies that weren't shellfish!

[polychrome_baby]

From what I've read so far, there are allergies for everything. Food has proteins that make it food. We can be allergic to any particular one. I have a friend who is allergic to spinach.

And yeah, not nuts at all until we get a full testing. After that it's very careful and very rare to any that she isn't allergic to, as many plants that nuts are processed in process lots of different kinds.

[polychrome_baby]

Oh, and thank you.

[mangofandango]

I am shaky reading this, for your sake and also because this is something I am very, very afraid of with my positive-allergy-test-for-nuts daughter.

I am so glad Jilly is okay and so sorry you had to go through this.

[polychrome_baby]

Thank you. It is one of those not-quite-worst-case-scenarios for most parents. I hope this is something that you never go through.

[yeishlitikvah]

OMG that's soo scary. I'm glad everything is ok. I like how she HAS to match the gown, that's adorable.

[polychrome_baby]

I know, right? Hey mom, I'm dying a little. Can I do it in fashion?

Thank you.

[n3m3sis42]

So scary. You handled it so well and I'm really glad she's okay.

[polychrome_baby]

Thank you. Me too.