ALLERGIES

NEED I SAY MORE....

AUSTIN HAS HAD ALLERGY PROBLEMS SINCE HE WAS BORN. HE INHERITED THESE FROM HIS FATHER. HE ALWAYS HAD A RUNNY NOSE GROWING UP, AND WAS MOST OF THE TIME SICK. WELL AT TWO WE STARTED GOING TO AN ALLERGIST, WHICH MEANT DOING THE ALLERGY TEST. IT WAS HORRIBLE. THEY THOUHT IT WOULD BE EASIER TO POKE HIS ARM AND NOT HIS BACK. IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST EXPERIENCES I HAVE WITNESSED AS A PARENT. HE CRIED, I WANTED TO CRY. BUT WE GOT THRU IT. HE IS ALLERGIC TO EVERYTHING OUTDOORS: GRASS, TREES, WEEDS, YOU NAME IT.

WELL THIS YEAR, THEY SEEM WORSE!!! SATURDAY I TOOK THEM TO SONIC FOR LUNCH. WELL THE SONIC BY OUR HOUSE HAS A PLAYGROUND, AND THE KIDS WANTED TO PLAY. SO WE GET OUT AND I GO PLACE OUR ORDER, AND BY THIS TIME AUSTIN WANTS TO LEAVE. HIS LITLE EYES WERE SWELLING AND BURNING. SO I HAD TO LET HIM GO TO THE CAR WHILE I WAITED ON THE FOOD. WHICH I HATED TO DO, BUT I COULDN'T RISK HIS EYES SWELLING SHUT. WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST. SO AGAIN TODAY, IT HAPPENED. HE IS OFFICIALLY OUT OF SCHOOL AND WITH MY GRANDPARENTS. MY GRANDFATHER CALLED AND SAID THAT HIS EYES ARE SWELLING AGAIN. SO I GUESS WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE DOCTOR. WE ARE ALREADY ON TWO MEDICINES AND AN INHALER IF NEEDED. JUST PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS, THAT HIS ALLERGIES WILL EASE UP SO THAT HE CAN ENJOY THE OUTDOORS. BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT A BOY WOULDN'T BE A BOY IF HE COULDN'T PLAY IN THE DIRT. :)