Shayla’s Story
15 May Shayla Explaining what Food Allergy Symptoms are like for a 7 yr Old
Shayla wants to do her part whenever she can to help teach other kids about food allergies. Here is a (rediculously cute) video of her explaining what symptoms feel like, in her own words. ...
17 Feb We have kept her alive for 7 years!
On her seventh birthday we celebrate her, and give ourselves a tiny pat on the back for keeping her mostly safe for all these years. I always go back to this blog post and re-read my words and feelings from the night we felt the...
10 Feb What is the #1 Question We Get
What is the #1 Question we get almost daily?
We partially answer the question most people
06 Feb I Never Thought Dinner at Disney Would End in Tears | Food Allergies
When we booked our trip to Disney, I never thought that tears would be part of the Magical Experience. For nearly six weeks leading up to our trip to the Magic Kingdom, approx 3 to 4 times a day; Jen religiously checked the Disney World App for reservations to Be Our Guest restaurant.
As you might recall, that was the same the restaurant within the Magic Kingdom that we had our first complete dining experience as a family last year. You can read the blog post here. So since Shayla had her one and only
03 Apr Managing Shayla’s Allergies & Asthma on the Road
I remember vividly, some of our first conversations while starting to think about our trip. Our first and primary concern, had nothing to do with what we do with our house while we were gone. It didn't even revolve around how to we run our...
27 Nov Middletown CT Tree Lighting | Trip to the Hospital
On the night after Thanksgiving, we typically attend the annual tree lighting in downtown Middletown. This year was no exception, but as anyone with an allergy kid knows, every social event is a ticking time bomb. The beginning parts of the evening went well. Lots...
08 Oct Wheat Challenge Allergy Test Results
Today was the big day. The "CHALLENGE" at the Allergist's office. What is a challenge, why is it done, what can we learn from it and what will it do to change our life or not? [caption id="attachment_1325" align="alignnone" width="1800"]
Shayla's Wheat Challenge Test and Results....[/caption]
28 May Memorial Day 2012 Camping and Another Allergy Mystery Solved
Memorial Day Camping 2013 Our next camping trip was Memorial Day 2013. We chose to stay in Connecticut so that we can travel quickly and enjoy a short holiday weekend stay. We chose a great little family campground call Ross Hill Campground. It rained for a couple of the days, but we had fun regardless. This was one of the ONLY times we stayed at the campground for the whole experience. We aren't really the type to sit at a campground and enjoy what it has. We like to seek out adventures
22 Oct The Hits Keep Coming. More Allergist News.
We brought her back to the allergist in October for full followup. We introduced the questions about her asthma and he gave us a full nebulizer kit to keep on hand. At this time, and the main purpose for this appointment was a full workup...
22 Jul Shaylas Kitchen
It was now the Summer of 2012 and I had booked a series of shoots in Cape Cod for a group of different families. We thought about making a mini vacation out of the time we needed to be there, but wait; what will we...
20 Jun Owning the responsibility.
As time progressed, we learned quickly if Shayla was around dairy, she would break out in hives. We didn't know then but now just sitting in a Starbucks for more than 5 minutes makes her turn red, and begins to wheeze. So the days of...
14 May Are we alone?
At her 15 month pediatric appointment I explained to the doctor about her allergy diagnosis and asked if I could take her off the formula yet. The doctor responded with “Yes, of course; as long as you give her yogurt and stuff like that to...
21 Apr The Allergist and the Process of Elimination
Finally the allergist appointment had come and we might finally get some answers. They skin tested our little girl for dairy and soy, to help determine what formula she could tolerate. We learned that day she had a dairy and soy allergy and they suggested...
24 Aug The First Time (Shayla’s first Allergic Reaction)
At Shayla's 6 month appointment; I again brought her symptoms up to the doctor and they said well maybe an allergist could give us some more answers. [caption id="attachment_593" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Hurricane Irene Portrait shoot[/caption] Well that was progress anyway. I immediately made an appointment with the...
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