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Offline Mfamom

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ds doing challenge on Wed
« on: January 26, 2014, 11:22:03 AM »
thought I'd let you all know that my ds is doing peanut challenge on Wed.  afternoon.  he bailed on the last one, he's fairly nervous.
I'll let you all know how it goes.  He's trying to figure out how he will be able to bring himself to eat something that smells so vile and that he's spent the last 11 years avoiding. 
We'll see. 
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Re: ds doing challenge on Wed
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2014, 11:30:55 AM »
Oh wow! I can understand his concern. How long has it been since he reacted? Good luck!!
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Offline GingerPye

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Re: ds doing challenge on Wed
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2014, 11:31:58 AM »
Oh, my kids say the same thing.  Let us know how it goes!  Wishing you both a boring, safe, no-reaction challenge.   :grouphug:
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Offline Stinky10

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Re: ds doing challenge on Wed
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2014, 11:33:25 AM »
We'll be rooting for him!
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Re: ds doing challenge on Wed
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2014, 11:40:19 AM »
Oh, Mfamom-- the BEST of luck to you both for Wednesday.

Tell him that we're cheering him on!!   :yes:

My DD was pretty scared to do her first 'big-deal' food challenge, too-- it is a scary thing.

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Offline Scout

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Re: ds doing challenge on Wed
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2014, 11:50:51 AM »
omg...how exciting......I will be thinking of you all! :D
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Re: ds doing challenge on Wed
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2014, 12:23:18 PM »
Best of luck! 
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Offline LinksEtc

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Re: ds doing challenge on Wed
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2014, 12:57:43 PM »
Good luck!  Personally, I'm so glad and thankful that we were able to do IOFC's for dd.  Knowing everything that I know now and everything we went through with one of those challenges ... if I had to go back in time, I would still say yes to each challenge again.

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Re: ds doing challenge on Wed
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2014, 02:24:59 PM »
Good Luck!
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Re: ds doing challenge on Wed
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2014, 04:02:26 PM »
Good luck!  Fingers crossed!
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Offline Mookie86

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Re: ds doing challenge on Wed
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2014, 06:50:52 PM »
Food challenges are so stressful and scary, so I understand how he feels.  It took me months to get comfortable being around the formerly allergenic food when ds2 passed his PN challenge.  To this day, sometimes I get uncomfortable around PNs, and he outgrew in 2009! 

Maybe it would help if he focuses on the good things that'll happen if he passes?  Good luck to him, and to you, that the challenge goes well!  :crossed:
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Re: ds doing challenge on Wed
« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2014, 08:13:23 PM »
Yes we've been talking about how different things will be even if we know from the uknow that he won't have big reaction.  He had ana rx when he had just turned 4.  Has had a few contact reactions.  He is almost 16 now. 
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Re: ds doing challenge on Wed
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2014, 08:29:09 PM »
Good luck!  It is soooo hard to turn around and eat what you've been told to avoid for so long. 

Fingers crossed it all goes well for him.
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Re: ds doing challenge on Wed
« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2014, 08:36:50 PM »
Good luck!!
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Re: ds doing challenge on Wed
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2014, 11:11:38 PM »
Oh wow--good news. I bet it would be hard.

I don't know if it would help, but DS has been ingesting micro bit of peanut three times a day in his SLIT drops. Uber low concentrations.

I hope he is willing to do it---and that it goes swimmingly!!
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