Originally Posted by rentfrog  allergies can be very very scary. My oldest daughter (who is now 21) was allergic to so much stuff when she was little. Her biggest allergy was to red dye. Do you know how much stuff has red dye in it? Things you would never imagine like potato chips. We couldn't give her any cold medication, as it is all purple or red. The only thing we could give her was benadryl because it at least would combat the reaction to the red dye. She had thirteen eye surgeries over the years, and had reactions to anesthisia on three prior to finding one that was going to work for her. She is allergic to bees, wasps, mosquitos, ticks, soaps, washing powders, certain metals, cheap jewelry and who knows what else. Those are just the things we KNOW cause issues. She too breaks out in hives all the time, sometimes she can distinguish a cause, sometimes not. My 16 year old appears to be allergic to nothing. My husband has seasonal allergies, and I am allergic to milk, ice cream, mold, evergreen, eucalyptus, some soaps and detergents, benzol peroxide, amoxicillin, penecillin and codene. Wonder where she got the allergies from? LOL
Our doctors have always said to introduce things slowly. That is why the recommendation of using stuff on Karlee that you KNOW you are not allergic to such as food, grooming supplies, etc.
Like I said, I will definately keep you in my thoughts and prayers, and keep us updated. I know how devastated I would be if I had to give up one of my dogs.
Michelle |