Allergy tests

We had the allergy tests done for both boys today.  Thing 1 had a slight allergy to dust mites, but only at a plus one.  The Dr. wasn't so sure that it was a true reaction since the control was not very robust.  Thing 2 had a robust control and tested negative for all indoor allergies.  Thing 1 did pretty well during the test.  I was the most worried about him and trying to keep him occupied and not touching his back.  I brought a bag full of snacks and toys to try and help during the wait for the test to be complete, but I didn't really need them.  They had a DVD player and put in the Cars movie and he sat on my lap and was pretty happy that way for most of the test.  It wasn't until they came in to clean him up and we waited for the dr did he start to get antsy.  Which is a little odd since he usually isn't the one that will sit down and watch TV.  He is always too busy.

Thing 2 on the other hand was not a happy camper at all.  He was fine until they put the test on his back.  Then it went all down hill from there.  He didn't want to watch the movie, nothing in the bag would keep his attention for more than a minute.  He wanted to sit on my lap, but wanted to lean back against me, which he couldn't do since you can't rub or touch his back.  At one point he got so mad at me that he went across the room faced the exam table with his back to me and stood there and pouted.  I would try to talk to him and he would just yell no at me.  I finally just left him alone to pout by himself.  I really thought he would sit there and watch the movie.  He's the one that will come and sit with you on the couch and sit for a good bit and watch TV.  But not today.  He kept wanting to put his shirt on and his jacket and just was not happy at all.

The dr said that he didn't want to do any of the other allergy tests since the boys are still pretty young and at this point it really wouldn't change his course of treatment.  He really wanted to rule out anything that the daycare might possibly have that we may not have at home.  The outside allergies are assumed to be the same at both places since we don't live that far from the daycare.  

He said that he wants to give the nasal spray 3 months and to see what happens.  He was pretty sure that it wasn't going to be the miracle cure and everything was going to be fixed with a simple nasal spray.  The next steps are to do the immune testing, but he wants to give it that 3 month time frame first.  He said that if we have any other episodes where we have to have antibiotics that we need to call into the office and let him know, that he was going to have a very low threshold for them at this point and was going to be pretty aggressive.  Since the immune testing is pretty involved and requires a good amount a blood and several steps, he didn't want to put them through it right off the bat.  Hence the 3 month waiting, but if we require more antibiotics we will be having the immune tests.  

Now we just wait and see.

Thing 2's allergy test, he was not a happy camper