He may not be allergic to strawberries, but man is Henry allergic to something in a big way.
We spent much of the afternoon and evening with my mother and grandmother. Late in the day, my mother doled out M&M’s, being Pandora before I could remind her it’s milk chocolate. I consented to his having a few, but she reduced the number he got. It was probably half a dozen. Though perhaps there were a couple more thrown in. Of course, I also used to worry about something like M&M’s due to his clear reaction to the azo dyes in things. That seemed to be related to sensitivity to salycilates, which he also outgrew.
That was the last thing he ate before we came home, and pineapple has never bothered him before. I am sure nothing bad was in the other food, and the timing doesn’t fit.
When we got home, he looked fine but for one lumpy hive/welt I took to be a strong reaction to a mosquito bite. I swatted one in the back seat as I strapped them in, so not unlikely to have had them feasting on him, and I have thought before that he’d reacted strongly to bites.
Then his face blew up with multiple hives and redness, one of the more severe attacks I’ve seen, if not up there with what happened when he ate a pile of eggs.
He’s had Benadryl and his face scrubbed in case there was a contact component. He seemed to be a bit itchy. Figured that’d help, whatever the cause. I still lean toward the milk chocolate, though, and that’s impressive beyond anything I’ve seen him have to what amounts to a tiny trace of allergen. I’m watching it go down even as I type, to where it’s mainly crimson cheeks and a couple peripheral spots.
Anyway, just when you figure you can relax…