Today Coby up-dosed to 7 peanuts! The nurse told us, "crack open those peanuts- and pick the seven biggest ones!"
Whoa!
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| "This just happened"- 7 peanuts!!!! |
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| Gonna crush you! |
And the hour was soooooo boring and it felt like it took forever!
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| playing on his phone to help the time go by |
But boring is good!
When the hour was up the doctor told us Coby is to start tapering off the zyrtec. Gulp! He's been on zyrtec since the start.
She said we should still keep him on the flonaze but to half dose the zyrtec for the next two days and then to stop. "Let's see how he does." (And what my ears hear is, "Prepare yourself for something to happen....")
Coby had a blister in his mouth that was hurting (since this morning) so I threw the peanuts in one by one to get to the back of his teeth. I told the doctor I had heard reactions can occur if there are blisters or cuts because of the allergen getting into the blood stream too quickly.
She replied, "At this point that should no longer be a factor. He is at 7 peanuts. He is sooooo close to that finish line! Just two or three more up-doses until that final up-dose/graduation day!"
She explained that after (IYH) successfully up-dosing to 12 peanuts on that graduation day he will then be able to eat all items 'made on equipment with peanuts' and 'may contain peanuts' as well.
BUT
He will not be able to "free eat" until he (hopefully) passes the 24 peanut challenge one month later.
Praying for an uneventful night and that the tapering of zyrtec doesn't affect him negatively...
But in the meantime....
I cannot believe we are sooooo close. That finish line really is in sight! And what a sight for sore eyes it is.
YOU GOT THIS COBY!!!!
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| Count 'em--- there are 7 peanuts characters too! |
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