Updose #5!

No problems this last week so he moves up to 0.5ml of whole milk. He even dosed himself and doesn't have to worry so much about touching it! (skin is the last organ to remember how to deal with it, so he can still get hives if he comes into contact with it, but it's less likely)

Updose #4!

This week they called us to let us know they forgot to tell us to bring milk because he's moving on to STRAIGHT UP WHOLE MILK

He's never had whole milk in his WHOLE life.  

He was a little nervous but really excited

He had 0.3ml of whole milk

His cheeks got a little red, but went away after a while (and got red again for evening dose, but by the next day his body was already adapting and used to it.  Proof that this is working!)

Updose #3!

After a very boring week (dosing wise, we had lots of fun with the rest of life) we were ready for updose #3 today.  It went great!  He forgot to eat a snack on the way so he ate a little in the car before heading in.  I don't think it was enough, he turned a little red but I made him drink a ton of water, and it went away.  He ate more once his observation time was done and so far he's feeling fine!
He's now taking 8ml of watered-down milk :)  I'm not sure how many micrograms in each ml, but it's enough that it looks cloudy and milk colored

 Waiting for updose

 Ready to go home!  Look at that big bottle!

Updose #2 -6ml

Buddy is now at 6ml (still of Solution B)
We decided to try just wiping his lip with a wet paper towel instead of a wet wipe or washing with soap.  No swollen lip (but he also didn't get any on his lip). They say the skin is the last organ to 'remember' the allergen and not react, so we still have to be cautious about it getting on him. 
He did great today and had no problems!  He wasn't nervous at all going into it.

 

 

Feb 29th - March 6th

After Buddy's fever we dosed as normal the next day and have had no reactions since! This boy is so brave, he even wanted to administer the dose himself!  He did that a couple times until once he spilled some when squirting it in his mouth.  We're back to me doing it for a while, just so we don't risk not getting it all and getting some on him.

Reactions :(

We went on a little vacation to a condo. It was super old dusty (carpet and furniture wise, they are actually pretty clean) and his asthma wasn't under control.  He had to use his rescue inhaler every day (and two times on the last day) and because of this he had a reaction on one day.  He got hives above his eyebrows.  We watched it and I used a couple essential oils to help his allergies and we watched it to see if we should call the doctor.  It went away and he did fine so we plugged along. As soon as we left the condos he had no other reactions this week, so we're hoping to updose as normal.

Updose #1 - 4ml

We're so excited to move to the next level.  Yes, this is the level he would have been at, and we're still 2 levels behind where most people start, but it's not a race. 
Updose went great.  No reactions.  Waited the hour of observation then ran some errands before coming home.
After afternoon rest time he got a headache.  Then he started not feeling good.  He washed his hands with cold water and couldn't get warm. He lost some color and was shivering.  He had a fever that we tried to get down (he can't dose with a fever over a 100 without talking to the office) and we almost got it under, but didn't so we called them.  The guy answering wasn't very kind or helpful, but we're supposed to skip the dose tonight and dose as normal in the morning.  His heart-rate was VERY high and that most of all concerned us. We delayed putting him down (despite that he'd be able to go to bed early since he didn't dose) and he seemed fine.  He woke up this morning with no fever and felt fine.  We dosed as normal with no reaction.
Hoping it was just the recent sickness (and my current sickness) that may have caused his body to fight it off again.  I'm just glad that if there's any problems they've been at the beginning and not in the middle of the doses for no reason.  His body is fighting the treatment and not liking it.  But it's slowly getting used to it, and that's the idea.
I'm SO grateful for all the prayers on our behalf.  I know without the prayers and fasting his body would be fighting it more than just these little hiccups at the beginning of each new level. Thank you for your cares and concern; we feel so loved!