We made our first trip to Des Moines today and it went very well. We started the day very early (4:30am) but we are determined to start this process so loaded up the car with food and tons of DVDs and off we went to Des Moines.
Once we made it to the hospital we met with the Doctor and she explained again the process of the food desensitization. Once we made sure we understood everything in came the first round. It comes in liquid form for the first third of the process and I guess tastes like Kool-aid. The second phase is in pill form and the third phase is in powder form.
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| 1/250,000 of an egg white down the hatchet like a champ |
This first appointment lasted 4 hours.. 3 hours of increasing her doses and 1 hour making sure there is no reaction. Her doses were increased every 15 minutes starting at 1/250,000th of an egg. We are sent home with the maintenance dose to take twice a day every day for the rest of the week until next Tuesday when her dose increases. Each appointment after this one will last one hour of an increased dose then monitoring to make sure there is no reaction. This will continue depending on her progress up to 26 weeks. So we are hoping by Thanksgiving she will be able to have Dada's yummy homemade rolls!
So we had some time to kill while in this room the size of a closet.
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| Making necklaces |
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| Dad's necklace |
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| Cinderella was a must! |
We were so proud of Charlotte! She did such a great job. After each dose she asked if she could now eat eggs... Not for a couple of months but we are working towards it!
But for now they are still on the DO NOT EAT list. This is how they are viewed at our house.
George was in good hands with Mimi and J-pa! Thank you for taking this bundle of joy for the day! Hope he was a good for you!
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| Having a blast picking out toys for pepper Mimi and J-pa's new puppy! |
As soon as the day was over and we were back in Omaha it was a record 102 degrees so out came the swimsuits and we turned on the sprinklers!
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| Taking the cars through the car wash |
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| George was having a hard time with the unpredictable sprinkle of water |
Overall a good day and a memorable one too!
Big day for you all, not just Charlotte! Exciting to take the first step in the process. Hope it continues to go well!
ReplyDeleteGood job Charlotte! You're so tough!! :)
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