Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Flovent ?

We went and had Taegan pricked again hoping to find some answers after the failure on the last scope. He actually passed more foods than the first time. He passed milk, wheat, and soy. Egg and Peanut were bad and we didnt' have room to test everything but he hasn't developed anything new that we know of. I also got his RAST test results. Peanut was extremely high, egg was moderate, Milk was a low, and wheat was clinical relevance undetermined. The docs say a negative is pretty much a negative where a positive isn't as accurate. But I've also read with EE the positive foods causing it can be missed on these tests. The doc said to go ahead and give him soy since he passed it prick and RAST.

On one hand these results are good but then what is causing his EE? I've heard environmental allergies can cause EE but the allergy doc said he was too young to test for that. Taegan did have a clean scope back in August and I haven't changed his foods since then except for the wheat trial. The allergy doc said to give him flovent. I worry about pumping steroids into my 22 month old, about the long term use and the side effects. But then what is better, the side effects of the medication of the side effects of his EE. The allergy doc says it is ok to use it everyday but Taegan's GI doc doesn't seem to be as big as a fan. He says if I use it I should only have him it on for 2-3 months and as soon as he is off the EE will come right back. S0 I don't know what to do. Here we go again with every Doc having a different opinion. I'm hoping the Colorado Clinic can help me.

If anyone has an info they would like to share on flovent please leave a comment.






Taegan pushing Kadence in the "doll" stroller




Kadence on Taegan's motorcycle he got for Christmas

Taegan " helping" Chris with the sink

Taegan in Chris's work boots