Let's go back a few years...shortly before Brooke was tested for peanut allergies at the age of two, she ate scrambled eggs for the first time. Moments later she threw them up. We thought nothing of it at the time. Toddlers throw up from time to time. We have learned a lot in a decade. At the time, food allergies were not yet widely acknowledged as an issue for our children. We didn't know.
We know a little bit more now, but I digress!
Why do we test? We test for negative results.
Today we skin tested for the usual suspects with phenomenal results.
Peanut still produced an obvious weal, but everything else was negative!
Egg whites and Egg yolks were tested seperately. Both were negative.
Brooke can eat eggs!
Avoiding peanuts and treenuts is still mandatory, but peanuts and treenuts are not the center of the culinary universe; eggs are.
Cake, cookies, brownies, soft boiled, hard boiled, scrambled, quiche, cupcakes, custard, omelet, egg salad, mayonaise, salad dressing, fried, poached, pancakes, batter, breads...did I mention cake?
It is a new world today. Eggs are on the ingredients list.
Our allergist approved a food challenge. Brooke has eaten eggs and eggs are BrookeOK.
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