Category Archives: Health

Bananas? Peanuts?

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Loïc

It appears that our little allergy girl might no longer be allergic to bananas and, dare I say, peanuts. Her latest skin scratch test yielded no reaction to those two foods, for which she previously was positive. If this is … Continue reading →

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Hardwood Floors

Posted on May 23, 2009 by Loïc

Both of our girls have dust mite allergies, and their doctors have recommended that we remove the carpets in our house. This is all well and good, in theory, but getting it done is a different story. We got the … Continue reading →

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Yay False Positives!

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Loïc

Nina is apparently not allergic to wheat and bananas, contrary to the results we got from her blood test two weeks ago. She had a skin scratch test done today, where no new allergies were found. The milk, eggs and … Continue reading →

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House of Sick

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Loïc

All week, I’ve been staying home from work to take care of my three women. Although we got flu shots back in October — all aside from Nina, due to her egg allergy — Leila, Nina and Carrie have all … Continue reading →

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More allergies?!

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Loïc

We got the results from Nina’s allergy blood test yesterday. It looks like she may have more allergies, to almonds, wheat and bananas. She has been eating bread and Cheerios pretty much every day, so knowing that, according to the … Continue reading →

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Attack of the egg crumb

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Loïc

To be nice to Leila, we made her a hard boiled egg yesterday. She use to love them, before we banned them from our house for Nina’s sake. Sure enough, as temperamental 3 year olds often do, she decided she … Continue reading →

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Egg Allergies and Flu Vaccines

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Loïc

Nina went to get a flu shot the other day. Since she’s had a positive skin test for an allergy to egg, Carrie had to take her to the allergist’s so he could do some more tests before administering the … Continue reading →

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The trinity of food allergies

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Loïc

So this just in… my 10 month old girl, Nina, has been diagnosed with three food allergies: milk, eggs, peanuts. This was, at first, devastating news. Will the allergies fade away? Peanuts, not likely, but milk and eggs, maybe. What … Continue reading →

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