A Possible Attack

After I picked Nathan up from daycare we can home and walked outside, like we usually do. Steve was out golfing so it was just Nathan and me. We stopped to talk to a neighbor who has a dog and Nathan reached out and pet the dog. He didn't get saliva on his hand so I assumed he was ok. We finished our walk and then came in the house. Shortly after being in the house, Nathan was drooling and had lots of saliva, so much that he started gagging and chocking on his saliva. I called the Dr. and gave him some Benadryl. He was crying and I couldn't come him down. Couple minutes later he was fine, I really think he had an allergy attack from the dog. Just when I thought he was doing fine, we have a relapse.

Allergy Awareness

We just received our allergy awareness bracelets, they are the rubber band bracelets. I can start helping get the awareness out.

I also found out about an allergy awareness walk in Madison in August that I can raise money for and we will go walk for a cause.

Food Allergy Awareness Week (FAAW) May 11-17th

It is allergy awareness week. I really wanted to have some kind of fundraising at work to help raise awareness and get donations but work has cut back on the kinds of fun raising we can do.

I think maybe next year during allergy awareness week I will go to Nathan's daycare and read books to the children about allergies, they are books geared for young children in a story they can understand. Then I will hand out stickers about the stories we read. I will try to do this every year and even when he is in school I can come to his classroom. It is a great way to raise awareness with the young kids and his fellow classmates.

Doggie is my friend

Today is Mother's day and we went to my parents. They were taking care of my sister's dog a beagle named Rocky. Rocky was in a cage and Nathan loves dogs, well every chance Nathan got he was over by Rocky, sticking his fingers in the cage, talking to him, giving him toys, etc. You know what....NO reaction at all. I know that Nathan had to have some dog saliva on his hands and didn't react. Last time he was around Rocky and Rocky licked him, he broke out in hives. Does this mean his dog allergy is getting better?? We can only hope.

Nathan's First Baseball Game

Today we went to the Brewer game at Miller Park. It was a night game (we got free tickets) so we didn't stay for the whole game. Nathan seemed to have fun and liked all the excitement, he didn't like the fireworks though. He got a Brewer monkey stuffed animal and he loves it.

I brought some food for Nathan and planned on getting him chips and a hot dog at the game. When we were ordering I noticed they did have fries so I asked the lady at the counter what was in them and what kind of oil do they use (can't have peanut oil) and she said they were just potato's and the oil wasn't peanut. I trusted her and ordered some, we also got Nathan a hot dog to eat with his cucumbers I brought from home. He got the kids meal hot dog without a bun and it also came with potato chips.

So then DH (Dear Husband) says I am going to get a bag of peanuts. Are you kidding me??? Nathan is allergic to peanuts (we don't know how severe), I was hoping we weren't sitting next to someone that was eating them, we weren't. It is funny how when we were watching the game I watching at what people sitting near us were eating. I need to relax more and enjoy the game.

Charity for Nathan

I set up a webpage for Nathan at Firstgiving.com to help raise awareness, fund education and maybe even a cure for food allergies someday.

Please take a moment to donate through this secure site. http://www.firstgiving.com/nathanwittmann

Even if it is $5.00, every little bit adds up.

Thanks.

Download song from itunes to help charity

I need your help, and you don’t want to miss this!

Download country music sensation Trace Adkins’ live recording of the hit single “You’re Gonna Miss This” from iTunes between March 27 and April 10, 2008 to support the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network.

Here is the link and more info
http://www.foodallergy.org/TraceAdkins/iTunes.html

Thanks so much.