Aaron had a long over-due appointment with an allergist today. He hasn’t had an allergy test in almost 2 years (thanks to changing jobs a few times and health insurance lapses). He got the dreaded multi-stick test. Aaron started wheezing in his sleep a few weeks ago and that got the fire under our asses to finally make an appointment. We were concerned that he was developing asthma since we were told by his allergist in Memphis.

We tested him for the stuff we knew he was allergic to (milk, eggs and mold) and some common environmental allergens. He tested negative for EVERYTHING! The control stick came out as the allergist expected but none of the other sticks came back as positive, meaning he’s not allergic to anything!

This was my first experience with the multi-stick allergy test. If you don’t know what that is, imagine someone writing on your back, swabbing you down with alcohol and then sticking you with 44 needles! Aaron started crying around the fifth stick and then started screaming around the eighth to the last one. It was probably one of the worst experiences I’ve had to witness my son going through. I don’t want to do that again. It’s too hard to hold and listen to your child screaming like that.

So now we are going to follow-up with a doctor in the same office; we saw a nurse practitioner at todays appointment. His allergy medicine was also changed. Instead of taking Singulair he will be doing nebulizer treatments twice a day.

After his appointment, all three and a half of us went to a “sibling class” at the hospital where Eli will be born. The class was geared towards kids; the presenter was speaking in a highly annoying tone that kept most of the kids attention. We took a tour of the birthing floor of the hospital. Aaron got to put a diaper on a baby (and on his stuff gorilla) and also learned how to hold a baby. My only complaint was that it was too long.

After that, we went to PR’s Taco Palace. One of the most disgusting restaurants you will ever (willingly) step foot in but dammit they have good Mexican food.