Allergies.....

We have had a heck of a spring and into summer with allergies. My kids were so sick all the time, we paid our pediatrician's mortgage several times over (I'm sure) with all the trips to the doctors office! Anyway I made an appointment to see the allergist. Before our appointment I tried to clean my house the best I could....I threw out all our pillows and bought new ones, I had the carpets cleaned, I had maids come and clean. Those things helped a little but Zack and Matt were still having problems breathing. So appointment day came and the kids had to all be scratch tested... you can see how fun that was for them :)

Kaia's back

Matty's back

Zack's back
Well the results came back that they are allergic to just about everything collectively! The boys are allergic to cats... Kaia is allergic to dogs. The boys are allergic to molds, grasses, and trees... Kaia is not. Kaia and Zack are allergic to weeds... Matty is not. Zack is allergic to cockroaches and dust mites... Matty and Kaia are not. So we have covered the gamete of things and collectively they are allergic to it all! They have a slew of medicines to take day and night and during the day if they can't breathe. Needless to say we had to get rid of Kaia's cat. I told Zack first that we would have to get rid of the cat and he asked, "Do we really have to kill her?" I laughed and told him that we just had to find a new house for her. Once he realized Kitty would get to remain alive he was okay with that :)The girl I share a contract with at Foothill wanted to take her so two days after our diagnosis we took Kitty over to her house. Kitty is doing well there and the kids can go see her when they want to. Ahhh allergies! Can't wait till next spring!