Out grown Asthma and some food

Long forgotten blog - visiting after quite some time when I realized it existed, to give some quick update.

Great News!
My son no longer has asthma, according to his new doctor in the new city.  It's probably been about 2 years since he's last seen his previous doctor in CO.  After moving to GA, we quickly found an allergist just to establish the basic care, and that's what the doctor told us after checking his lungs.
Horray!!

Another Great News!
My son, at the age of 10, has somehow found he can eat yogurt and cheese, with no problems.  Around age 7 or so, there was an accident where I only later found that he seemed to have eaten parmesan cheese - with no problems.  Never wanted to confirm it on my own, so it was neglected, BUT, my son being sort of curious, and feeling a bit confident, decided to make sure where the epi-pen was (perhaps that was me), and went ahead and licked, tasted, and went on to eat.
He says it's not his favorite, but he could have it without problems.  He's always wondered what and how these two dairy tasted like, as his friends love cheese pizza (of course).

He's not trying straight milk - and I think that's smart.
It was a long time ago, when he was not even 1yo, that he had a couple of anaphylactic reactions to mildly boiled milk.  It was on the top of our "to avoid list" - but now, "we" can drop the guard!

So thankful, very grateful.

So, those parents out there wondering what's going to happen to your kids, there's plenty of hope!

Sending love to those who read this, especially the struggling parents.

Inspiring Children with Allergies Network (I-CAN)

Leader of local food allergy support group I-CAN (Inspiring Children with Allergies Network)has asked the group, if anyone might be interested in a "magazine share" group.

Each person in the group has a different magazine subscription and we share our monthly issues? ... I thought this would be a fun way to get the benefit without the pocket book. Magazines such as: Living Without, Prevention, Heathly Living, FAAN Membership (share newsletters), and many more. Let me know if interested-Catherine (rcateck (at) msn.com)

A great idea. She has been organizing I-CAN with our own meetings, coordinated meetings with local Asthma education group, Egg-free-Egg-Hunting and other fun events.

I-CAN has a mailing list that Catherine maintains, as well as a Yahoo Group another member (Pam) maintains. We are run by volunteers, mostly parents of children who have food allergic children. Some has other conditions such as eosinophilic esophagitis as well.

Through mailing lists, we try to exchange information about doctors, experiences, how to work with schools etc. One project a couple of members are working on right now is, to implement a policy in the school district regarding food allergies. More information on that could be found on this link.

For more information about the group, please contact Catherine (rcateck (at) msn.com, 226-6181).

A New Allergies Blog

Here is a new born blog in town dedicated for issues related to food allergies, asthma and the like. Feel free to utilize this space to send announcements etc.

For now, I will post a couple great resources in the area when you're dealing with allergies etc.

• Inspiring Children with Allergies Network (I-CAN)
  Contact person: Catherine
  

• Dr. John James
  1136 E Stuart St # 3-3200
  Fort Collins, CO 80525, United States
  +1 970-221-1681
  

• National Jewish Hospital in Denver
  
  

• Children's Hospital in Denver
  1056 E 19th Ave # B251
  Denver, CO 80218, United States
  +1 303-861-6888