cutest video ever...

ok MAYBE i'm biased.

we are five for five. with three incompletes. :) today we got pork and oats. oats was a reeeeeeaaaaalllllly long one. he started out with the tiniest eensiest bits of oatmeal ever and i literally had to hold him down, arms behind his back, force it in his mouth, squirt some water in there, and shove his paci in. all the while, he was screamin'. it was kinda sad. by the THIRD dose, the nurse decided that we would mix it with sweet potatoes and boy that totally worked. he ate all his doses and then some... his face turned red and he developed a little patch on his chin, but THANKS to our amazing docs and nurses, they determined that it was not from the oatmeal, but rather from other things going on. THIS, people, is why i can't do this alone, especially with the biggies like oats. oats means oatmeal, and COOKIES!! we are going to try and get cocoa because i can totally bake stuff with that! and cocoa is typically a low allergen, if i understand correctly.

so, i'm putting this in here so that i can remember it for comparison's sake later. grayson's IGE level is 5,000. normal is below 30 i think. it was 1,200 a year ago, and has gone up significantly. this number can be very high in kids with eczema because of all their open wounds. this number being elevated can certainly elevate his individual food IGE's which determines what class of allergy it is. for instance there is class 1 through 6, 6 being the worst. grayson's tests are typically between class 3 and 6. but as we know, you can't trust every skin prick and every blood test. those are just helpful in determining whether or not to challenge the food. which is why we have decided to not challenge wheat, milk, any nuts, egg and any other grain, because they were all super high still. but i really do think there are several things he'll grow out of. blake is already growing out of some that he was super allergic to a year ago. anyhoo, random.

and now for a couple pics. fritos. he LOVES them. this was his final dose. and he ate every one of them!look at those TOES! this was the first day that grayson hasn't worn socks. ever. ever. i told blake yesterday that grayson would come today not wearing socks and they could wear their matching shoes. well, grayson insisted on wearing socks. when we got there, blake said "um, grayson has socks on." so i gave it a whirl, and got him to take his socks off. so we got a pic of their little naked spidey feet. tomorrow could be huge. it's soy. and it will be all day long probably. if we get soy, we can get RID of elecare. eventually. which would be so wow. he could have soy cheese, and lots of other interesting soy things. i'm fairly convinced you can make anything out of soy. anyways, so pray for that. i'm going to bed. and i don't know why this text is underlined. and i don't care. good night.