Allergist Follow-up

We went in to the allergist today to do the skin prick testing that we weren't able to do last week. Skin prick testing detects antibody/sensitization to an allergen. The results are not indicative of HOW a person will react - but measure the POTENTIAL to react - if that makes sense.
On to the results:

NO reaction to:
Peanut
Soy (she has never tested positive on the skin for this but it makes her vomit)
Walnut
Almond
Shrimp

POSITIVE reaction to:
Egg (10+)
Milk (10+)
Cashew (10+)
Pistachio (8)
Brazil Nut (5)
Hazel Nut (5)
Pecan (5)
Cod (7)
Halibut (8)
salmon (10)

So what do those numbers mean? Well that is the size of the wheal (or hive) that is produced. Beside the allergens, they also put a control and histamine on the skin. The control is always a zero. In Emmaline's case, the histamine was a five. Everyone should show a reaction to the histamine - whether you have allergies or not. So if the histamine is a 5 and something like egg is a 10 - that is indicative that the *potential* to react to egg is at least 2 times greater.
Another fun tidbit is that they put the egg and milk next to each other on her back, and the hives got so big that they grew together. That was an impressive hive. I regretted not bringing my camera!

Anyway, the game plan from here is to continue to avoid egg, milk, soy, tree nuts, peanuts (for now), and now fish too! He did say that *canned* tuna is usually safe - so give that a try and see what happens. Because Emmaline starts school next year, we will do her annual visit at the beginning of next summer so we can know what we are dealing with for the school year.

Rating: 1 Fireball (for adding in a new allergy!)