If you look close, you will see a little pink dot (blueberry yogurt!) on Ellie's hand. As we're trying to figure out if it is safe for Colin to have dairy residue on him, we determined that we needed to know if Ellie still has an allergic reaction when she comes into contact with dairy.
2 days ago, I had cheese on my hands and touched her fingers without her knowing it...and nothing happened.
Today, I put a pink smear of Yo Baby milk based yogurt on her hand, with her knowing....and still, nothing happened.
Being the person I am, I said "I want to smear some by your mouth now!" and Ellie immediately said "NO! I don't want a reaction! I need to be TESTED by the doctor first!"
So, we can only hope that she is slowly outgrowing her milk allergy....this is huge though, to have milk touch her and not have a reaction!!! I have always said that IF she could outgrow the contact reactions, we'd be able to do so much more! YAY ELLIE!!!!
UPDATE...01-29-09...Tonight Andy rubbed provolone cheese, cottage cheese and ice cream on her face....after a few minutes, her face was bright red, itchy and the hives were appearing. OH WELL....she was a trooper to endure it (she was SCARED!) and we know that ONE day, she'll be ok with dairy products! For some reason, it's always the ice cream that sets her over the edge. We don't know if it's actually the ice cream or if the ice cream just comes along when her skin has had enough of the dairy and starts to react. At any rate, at least we know now...no milk residue for Ellie!
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