Finally have DD (age 18) possibly going to challenge a couple of nuts (pecans is one -- cannot recall other at moment). Has been able to eat pistachios and pinon pinenuts safely for a couple years.
She has been declared not allergic to peanuts for 2 years. Eats that away from home in some form. (Thai food is her new crave!)
Other nuts still on the "NO" List = Almonds & Hazelnuts. She is highly allergic to birch family on SPT and has OAS to cherries, apricots, peaches, nectarines. I am hoping along the way she will decide to do allergy shots for birch / trees / grasses and THAT might actually have benefit of lowering OAS and nut allergy to those 2? We shall see . . . .
DS (almost 21! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?!) -- still high numbers on peanut and walnut. Almond kinda high still. MAYBE will challenge on a couple nuts when home from college (pecan is one . . . .). Likely will be declared not allergic to pistachios -- so he could eat if we can find some not x-contam. Been able to eat non-xcontam pinion pinenuts for some time too.
When done with college, will likely go for peanut OIT, depending on where he lives -- needs to be near allergist when first starting. Walnut may turn out to be his permanent nemisis.
So, in a nutshell (yeah, pun intended
) that is where we are.
DD is high school senior, so this is last year at home. We are confident wherever she goes to college will be able to handle her food needs, if still necessary by next fall (2020).
DS is college junior and has navigated food allergies there with success. The cafeteria has its issues and he does come home wanting certain foods because he cannot get safe versions at school. But all-in-all has been do-able for him.
Having Auvi-Qs again for both of them has been FABULOUS.
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