Our Allerversary

Today is our Allerversary.  Three years today our world changed.  Three years of learning and watching.  Since her first diagnosis, the Babe is no longer allergic to rice, but is allergic to fish.  Her asthma has worsened, her eczema has improved.  While other children her age may recognize the "golden arches" for McDonald's, she can identify the W representing a Walgreens. (Then again, she also recognizes the sign for Pick and Save, a local grocery store.)  She thankfully continues to grow at a good rate, with the chubby cheeks to prove I'm doing my job.  She is strong-willed and bright, spoiled and loving, funny and curious.  My gorgeous little girl keeps us on our toes (and also keeps us somewhat sleep deprived).  She is social, saying hi to anyone she sees, but socially isolated by her allergies.  In the next year, she will have more testing.  Hopefully she will also have more fun with others, exposed to more people and things, with less reactions.  As each year passes, it brings us closer and further from a solution.  That is the conundrum of living with food allergies.  But today, in our home, we are reminded of what we almost lost, what we continue to adapt to, and how far we've come.