Well, thanks everyone for the replies. We are certain he definitely has allergies of some sort..according to his dermatologist he has been seeing. However, because he was in such a horrible state we started antihistamine/steroid combo med and ketaconozole med with his food trial. He improved what was literally the difference in night and day..his bald spots started filling in, scratching stopped, and hair stopped falling out everywhere, and he just seemed so much happier.
But, there was no way to know if he was merely responding to the meds or if this new food worked which would of course have meant that he was indeed having a food allergy. We had just weaned him off of all the meds down to just his prescription food which is what makes this so hard to now know what is actually causing his intense reaction.
So, I just spoke with his dermatologist, and we are indeed going to have to start him back on his steroid/antihistamine and then wean him back off...bc he is definitely having an acute and severe reaction to something.
So, again thanks for the support! I don't so much mind the frustration for myself..it is seeing him go back to suffering from something he had finally experienced some relief from that kills me..... but at the same time, I am well aware that the priority was getting him better that night in ICU. This medication worked wonders for him before, and I feel sure that it will settle everything back down again!! I have full faith in his dermatologist, and I trust that we will get him back on the right track.....
And I am also reminding myself that this really is a small small setback compared to how wonderfully everything went. They did a phenomenal job retrieving this endoscopically vs having to actually cut him open. And he has had no problems from the procedure whatsoever. This was just an accident, and I know it can happen, and I am blessed that everything went as well as it did! So, he's just had his dose of medicine and I'm hoping by tomorrow;s second dose that he will get some relief! |