Happy Birthday Tanta Kat! - Allergy Testing

A few weeks ago Holly went for Allergy testing. I forgot to post about this. She had "Allergies" through out the summer and for a while would wake up many nights in a row full of flemm and throw up. She had a runny nose that would not go away. She would be runny in the morning as well and sometimes throw up after her morning bottle. So when we talked to the Doctor about it, she said we could give her a 1/2 dose of Benedryl before bed. This worked like a charm, her sinuses dried up and she wasn't waking or throwing up any more.

Then I started thinking about my sister's return from the Peace Corps. She has been in Azerbaijan for almost 3 years and she adopted a Cat. Originally Mo (her cat) was going to be left to keep a new volunteer company when she left, but she got very attached and is bringing it home with her. Then in January she is bringing back her two old cats who her friend has been baby sitting in Atlanta. This was really stressing me out. I am allergic to cats, but I can avoid them, and I take allergy medication, I didn't want to have to continue drugging Holly with Benedryl.

So we finally got a referral to the allergist. It only took a few seconds to get the prick. We did the consultation first, talked about testing for Dogs, Cats, Horses, and Dusts and Pollens, and other common Allergens. They had it set up to where the doctor would prick the back left side then the right. 8 pricks then 8 more. It took like 10 seconds, and it was over and she was done crying.

She had a bottle and we waited twenty minutes. As you can see one of the spots blew up in the picture and I was worried thinking she was allergic to something. But when they came in they told me that was the "control" for a comparison, and if she was allergic to something it would look like that. Well none of the other spots looked like that one, which means for now, she isn't allergic to anything!

YEAH they said to come back in a few years if any symptoms come back she could still develop allergies but for now she has none. So now she will be able to hang out with my sister and meet and hopefully not be afraid of her cats, and play downstairs in her "Apartment"