The Boys' Allergy Testing

I blogged about it on my health blog. I know some of you don't follow it but may be interested in what happened today.

http://cmlhealth.blogspot.com/2012/03/allergy-tests-are-not-for-weak.html

I'm still trying to process the emotions. I'll probably post here about them when I'm ready...

Allergy Testing

The boys have an appointment with a pediatric allergist later this month. Their pedi set it up at my request to do food allergy testing.

I don't know what kind of testing they're going to do. I'm putting together a list of questions to call and ask about what to expect. They are sending me a packet to fill out. I don't know if there will be some info in there that answers my questions but I'm hoping!

If anyone knows of a question I should ask, please leave it in the comments!

Sad Goodbye...

Today we said goodbye to Ethan's occupational therapist :( She lost her job due to budget cuts and today was her last day. We knew it was coming but we didn't find out till Tuesday when it would be.

I knew Ethan was going to be really upset about her leaving. The last couple weeks I've been hinting around about it. He asked me Tuesday night and I told him. He took it better than I expected. When I broke the news to him, I suggested he could make her a book and we could bring it to her and tell her bye.

So yesterday I gave him 10 sheets of typing paper and his bucket of crayons. I didn't give him any directions other than "make the book for Ms. J." He drew. He wrote. He was done in 10 minutes LOL Last night he chose sheets of construction paper for the front and back cover. I punched holes and tied it all together with string. We went page by page and I added captions to his pages as he told me what they were.

This morning I wrote her a letter thanking her for all she had done for Ethan. I had been trying since Tuesday but I couldn't put the words together. I composed it on my phone and then wrote it out with purple ink and sealed it in an envelope.

I had emailed to find out what time she was free today. She was in her office when we got there. Ethan knocked. She opened the door and was so excited to see him! Ethan gave her the book he had made. She looked at every page and commented enthusiastically. I gave her the envelope, telling her to read it later. There were hugs and heartfelt goodbyes.

I didn't know how Ethan would handle telling her bye. He was fine.

I was the one holding back tears as we walked to the car...