Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Overheard on caseys trip
But BEES CAN'T TALK
Don't talk to strange wolves
Hey that lady is holding up the wolf...why are those people back there???
Oh, so the woodsman is gonna make that wolf throw up? ( complete with
throw up sounds)

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Friday, March 25, 2011

Monday, March 14, 2011

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

First Strike

Playing Wii bowling

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Not good to hear...

No. NO. NOOOOO!! IN THE TOILET! Not on the FLOOR.

Something that is not good to hear when your child is going to the bathroom.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Monday, February 14, 2011


Casey had a Valentine's Day party today. He was very excited about it, and picked out a special shirt to wear...provided it was sports themed. Kids in his class gave out Valentines and candy, so it was our first event requiring sorting of candy for nut contamination. It also took 20 minutes in the store to find donuts Casey could eat at the party. No more Hostess for us.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Nuts

Anaphylaxis landed us here.



Casey ate a pistachio nut Thursday night. He immediately said his tummy hurt. Then his mouth started to itch. His lip started getting puffy and itchy. His throat started itching and he started trying to clear it. I gave him some Benadryl, called Dr. Sue's cell phone and headed to the ER. Upon arrival at the ER, Casey threw up on the only rug in the ER waiting room (and on me). They gave him prednisone and an ice pop, monitored him for a few hours, and sent us on our way with a prescription for prednisone and a recommendation to see an allergist. Dr Sue called us that night to check on him and call in a prescription for an EpiPen. I made an appointment with our favorite allergist for Monday morning.

After some testing at the allergist on Monday, we now know that Casey is highly allergic to tree nuts. This means no: pistachios, cashews, walnuts, almonds, Brazil nuts, chestnuts, filbert/hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts (pignolia nut); items with these nuts in them; items with nut oils; items processed with nuts; baked goods from a mix or bakery. Aside from tossing food he can't eat, we will have an EpiPen with us all the time and Casey needs to wear a Medical Alert item.