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When Callum gets a simple cold or virus, he isn't like the rest of us, and able to take it in his stride. Sadly, it literally knocks him for 6, and makes him very very ill and very fast, scarily fast in fact.

Just over a year ago, at 13 months, Callum came into contact with a simple cold, and also a virus. It floored him! He hadn't been himself for a couple of days, and having only gone back to work that very week after maternity leave, I was wary about asking too much of his lovely child-minder. I dropped him off as normal, but by lunch time, our child-minder was calling me to say that he was going downhill fast. I booked an emergency doctors appointment for that afternoon and rushed back to Callum, where I was greeted with the sight of such a severe allergic reaction, it shocked me (and I was hardened to the worst eczema imaginable).

On arrival at the GPs, we were immediately referred on to Paeds A&E, as the 'rash' was spreading so quickly there was a considerable concern it could be a double infection. It was! His guardian angel worked her magic that night!Image

It turned out Callum had a bacterial infection, a viral infection as well as badly infected eczema! 2 different types of iv antibiotics and saline drip, steroid and emollient cream for 48hrs and he was a different baby!! Then followed 7 days of two other types of antibiotics, cetirizine (a piriton equivalent) and ibuprofen, as well as more steroid creams etc.

This was the one chance I needed to really push for allergy testing, my foot stamping and a consultant who also stamped his foot = Callum finally was booked in for full allergy testing. Halle-flipping-lujah!!

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0 # Guest 2014-01-09 23:33
It is intolerable that it has to take that amount of stress to be listened to and get anywhere!
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0 # The Intolerant Gourmand 2014-01-10 18:18
If this blog helps just one person in their search for a solution, then our journey will have been worth it! x
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0 # Guest 2014-01-10 17:49
Thanks for sharing! I hope your little one gets better :) I know what a struggle it can be, and you're doing such a great job!!

Cheers,
Abby
www.primephysiquenutrition.com
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0 # The Intolerant Gourmand 2014-01-10 18:16
Thank you for your support, it's an incredibly tough journey, and I'm determined we will win the battle! :)
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0 # Guest 2014-11-06 20:51
[…] as it is egg based it would cause him a reaction. The added problem Callum has, is that even a simple cold can cause major problems for him, so it simply isn’t worth putting him through so much pain and […]
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0 # Guest 2015-01-23 18:12
[…] means over. Every single day, you live in fear of receiving a call to let you know there’s been a really bad reaction, or they can’t breathe very well and are in serious need of medical intervention. Just writing […]
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0 # Guest 2015-04-25 09:07
[…] worried about your precious little bundle, watching their skin get worse and worse, battling infection after infection, witnessing extreme allergic reactions including struggling to breath, and not knowing how to make […]
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