Bring on the Mac-n-Cheese!

As most of you know, Noah has a very restricted diet as a result of his milk, egg, and peanut allergies. This has been our story for the past year. But today is the day we kicked that sob story to the curb! Because we got the call that Noah’s bloodwork from last Tuesday (which, by the way, was oh so sad to watch) came back negative on the milk and egg allergies!! The nurse that called just giggled and joined in my celebration on the phone when I told her that this changes our lives, besides making my day!!

No more making 2 meals at every meal – one for us, and one for Noah. No more special orders at restaurants. No more cabinet of Noah approved foods. And hello cheeses, yogurt, cereals, chocolate, ice cream, butter, milk, cookies, breads, pizza, chips, pastas, dressings, mayonnaise, pancakes, burgers, etc, etc. Which now that I type the list I think sounds like a recipe for a heart attack, no? :) Needless to say, though, it will be quite a “whole new world” experience for Noah in the coming weeks as we carefully introduce this fun stuff to his eating repertoire. And it will definitely help us get some meat on his bones – he has been quite underweight for a long time now and understandably so – veggies, beans, fruit, soymilk, and meat can only do so much for a little growing body.

Sadly, but not really, compared to how happy we are about the other news, Noah’s peanut allergy was very high still – 3 on a scale of 1-4. So we will continue to have an epi-pen strapped to his stuff at all times for sure. But that is so much easier to avoid than the milk and egg stuff, so no tears here. It did help that his allergist reassured us that Chik-Fil-A cuisine is safe despite their using peanut oil – which was my one burning question as we made our way to the appt. It should come as no surprise then that we hit Chik-Fil-A on the way home just to celebrate!

Anyway, had to share the fun news for Noah! This really changes so many things about our day to day routine. So, so excited!