Three hours in emergency room after possible avocado allergic reaction - Page 2

[emilysmama]

OP, did the ER give you a script for an Epi-pen? If not, call your pediatrician to day and have him/her write you one right away. The pediatrician shouldn't have to see your child in an office visit in order to feel justified to write the script. (Don't wait until your next office appointment.) Just recounting what you did in the original post should be enough, or letting the ped glance at the ER discharge orders. What you described was really scary. If you are not convinced, then cross post in the Allergies sub-forum.

[boobs4milk]

millie reacted to bananas at first but now does fine with them. s

[lellian]

Thanks for your feedback and hugs, mamas.

We didn't leave with a script because DD wasn't throwing up, and the doctor, no matter how many times I said we were introducing new foods, and specifically told her about avocado being the only food DD had that day, didn't seem concerned at all or think it was food related. It was only after that that I came home and did some research on line to see if there was such a thing as avocado allergies, especially since avocado is recommended as the perfect first food! I told her over and over that DD hasn't throw up until today, and today I introduced avocado, but she just wanted to xray her belly, and rule out anything serious so we could be observed and then do home.

This is all a huge learning curve, as this is our first baby. I need to trust my instincts more. I'm glad we took her to the emergency room (although I think the xrays were a bit much) because now I know it was the avocado.

Thanks again, mamas. I learn so much from YOU.

[sunnygir1]

I have read some, but not all of the responses. My niece threw up after eating avocado as an older baby. It happened two or three times before my sister made the connection. She is 7 now and still doesn't want to try avocado.

I reacted to bananas as a child; swollen, raw tongue. And now my husband and I both get heartburn if we eat bananas more than very occasionally.

For those reasons, I have always found it a little strange that avocado and banana are among the first foods people offer to their babes.

To me it seems like tropical fruits should come later in the line-up. Apples, pears, zucchini, green beans, seem much easier to digest.