A weekend in the ER

The better part of yesterday was spent on the phone with doctors and in the emergency room. Naomi had another allergic reaction. This time to milk-based formula. Her face and body swelled with hives and a rash. Pretty sad to see your daughter look like that. She had tried that type of formula before, but it didn't agree with her so we started using soy-based. However, last time she did not have that type of extreme reaction, so we were told to try it again at a later date. It was quite a surprise to see the hives growing in number on her little body. Coupled with vomiting and crying, the situation was pretty intense. I think I started to panic after I gave her Benadryl and didn't see any relief. The medicine worked quickly with previous allergic reactions, but this time things seemed to continue to get worse. But after talking to the doctor on call at her doctor's office (which was after we already took her to the ER) and talking with personnel in the ER, it seems the key thing to look for is breath problems. However, I didn't want to wait until she was having breathing problems, as I was worried it might be too late by then. Things escalate quickly with allergic reactions and I didn't know what to expect. Plus, she had a cold recently and I wasn't sure if she was breathing hard or just more congestion.

Anyhow, it was very stressful, but she seems to be doing better now. The swelling went down and she seems to be happy once more. But the question remains: what does this mean for her and us? Does it mean no milk, cheese, ice cream, pizza or lasagna ever, or just not until she's older? I guess I will have to ask her doctor next time we go in, which isn't supposed to be until she's 1.

I'm still happy that she's been doing well with the rest of her food. She seems to love anything that's introduced to her, fruits and veggies, alike. I will be skipping introducing anything else new this week since we had such a traumatizing Saturday.