http://blog.xvzx.net/2009/04/01/allergies A universal repository of (mostly) rants but sometimes useful information since December 2006. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:01:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://blog.xvzx.net/2009/04/01/allergies/comment-page-1#comment-26458 Amy Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:24:42 +0000 http://blog.xvzx.net/?p=420#comment-26458 As I can agree with you on some of the above points (parents to over-protective) there is no way of telling how or why children develop food allergies. I can say, yes, I am an American but I can also tell you that my son, the same age as Teddy was BORN with these life threatening allergies, and several more than listed about Teddy, he did not develop them after a period of time. I don't think that there is anyway to say that we keep our kids in a bubble because for me, that is completely false. I love my kids to be out and run and play and be social and have never tried to hide my children from any germs or have them live in a bubble, but still, my son was rushed to the ICU Neonatal unit at birth because of his reaction to the air on his skin. From that moment on, we have fought for his life everyday due to his food-allergy condition. While it was undiagnosed for 1 year, we did not shelter him from the outside world because of an ongoing rash and consider ourselves lucky to still have him with us since we didn't know what his illness was caused from for a year. At any given time he could have died and with any meal he had for 365+ days. I have thought to myself many sleepless nights of what I could have done to cause my sons condition while in utero, and I will never know the answer to that question. I have an older child who is completely healthy and no concerns and another, completely the oppisite who walks a very fine line daily. For these children and adults who suffer with such an exhaustingly fragile condition, there is no blame that should be put on us parents. I love my son more than life itself and would give my life in a second to take away his allergies, but I know in my heart that I did not cause this from protecting him to much, because the only protecting I did until his problems started was to carry him to a full term pregnancy. I think blaming a bubble and Americans is going entirely to far and I think its completely ridiculous. As I can agree with you on some of the above points (parents to over-protective) there is no way of telling how or why children develop food allergies. I can say, yes, I am an American but I can also tell you that my son, the same age as Teddy was BORN with these life threatening allergies, and several more than listed about Teddy, he did not develop them after a period of time. I don’t think that there is anyway to say that we keep our kids in a bubble because for me, that is completely false. I love my kids to be out and run and play and be social and have never tried to hide my children from any germs or have them live in a bubble, but still, my son was rushed to the ICU Neonatal unit at birth because of his reaction to the air on his skin. From that moment on, we have fought for his life everyday due to his food-allergy condition. While it was undiagnosed for 1 year, we did not shelter him from the outside world because of an ongoing rash and consider ourselves lucky to still have him with us since we didn’t know what his illness was caused from for a year. At any given time he could have died and with any meal he had for 365+ days. I have thought to myself many sleepless nights of what I could have done to cause my sons condition while in utero, and I will never know the answer to that question. I have an older child who is completely healthy and no concerns and another, completely the oppisite who walks a very fine line daily. For these children and adults who suffer with such an exhaustingly fragile condition, there is no blame that should be put on us parents. I love my son more than life itself and would give my life in a second to take away his allergies, but I know in my heart that I did not cause this from protecting him to much, because the only protecting I did until his problems started was to carry him to a full term pregnancy. I think blaming a bubble and Americans is going entirely to far and I think its completely ridiculous.

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