Good Doctor News

Well Jake had his Allergy and Asthma appointment today. It's been booked for 6 weeks. As some of you know, for SEVERAL months last year and the first couple this year, Jacob has dealt with a fairly chronic cough, mostly stimulated by exercise or exertion. Actually though, about the past 2-3 weeks it's been WAY better, almost completly gone! And if we hadn't have had this appointment booked for so long I may have even considered not taking him, but since did, I did. It was good news in the fact that his allergy tests were all negative. As of now Jake was showing no reactions to any of the allergy stimuli. So, it's good that he doesn't have allergies (yet) but a little confusing as to what was trigging or causing the cough. Since he was 6 months old we've been told he has "allergy induced asthma". Well, I got sick of hearing that and nothing being done, so 2 months ago I switched doctors and that's when they sent us to the specialist. So, I'm glad everything was normal today and maybe that horrible cough will stay gone! She suggested we test him again in a year, but we'll see. Anyhow, although everything was great, the whole process for Jake is a whole other story! They did the skin testing on him and he was SCREAMING before the even stuck him! He was screaming when they wiped him with alcohol! Poor Baby. But we got through it and then went to Hog Wild and ate some pizza and played games. Here's a picture I got with my phone while he was laying on me to let that stuff sit for 20 minutes. He's laying on me because I had to wrap my legs around him and hold him down! On a little more positve note, here's some pictures of Jake on the trampoline. He loves it! If he could be on it all the time he would. Thank you Granpa!! :) And one more sweet picture of Jake and Macy at lunch last weekend...