Strange, But True

We are pretty sure that Darius is allergic to soy. Several instances of him not eating food with soy milk in it has pretty much sealed the deal. He has a weight check on Thursday and we are looking forward to seeing how much he has gained. His little arms and legs have fattened up and his belly is definitely bigger. Once we see how much he has gained, we are going to attempt a "soy-free" week with him. That will take a LOT of planning, since soy is in everything!!! Check your food labels sometime. If vegetable oil is listed, it is most likely soybean oil. I will have to detail plan everything he could possibly eat during the week. I will also have to make my own bread, since store-bought bread has soy in it. I am not looking forward to it, but it will be worth it if his congestion and his eczema clears up. If that happens, we will be getting him in for allergy testing.

Now for the strange, but true part. We think Darius is allergic to peas. Seriously!!! He has never really eaten them, when he's been given them. But, we tried last night and was going to make him sit there until he ate some. Well after awhile, he started rubbing his arms along his tray, like they were itching. We got to looking at them and they had red spots that resembled hives on them. The only other thing he had eaten was spaghetti and we knew it wasn't a reaction to that. I had done some research earlier in the day on soy allergies and one vegetable in the "soy" family is peas. It kind of makes sense, that if he's allergic to soy, he would be allergic to peas. I don't totally understand it, but the evidence is in the reaction. Leave it to my family to be affected with crazy food allergies. I keep wondering when it will stop. I guess that my cooking skills will be put to the test even more. I know that things could be far worse, but for us, this is a crazy situation that seems to be continuing on with even more food allergies. If it keeps up, the only thing we will be able to eat will be meat, fruit and vegetables (minus the peas)! Oh well, I guess that the Lord is trying to stretch us in this area. I hope that the stretching stops soon!