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To those that don’t know since Feb 2 Aimee has had a rash that has just kept getting worse over time. Last Friday we did allergy testing and it came back that Aimee was allergic to milk and walnuts. She is now to go 100% milk free and we are learning what that means, plus what foods are safe for her to eat. Aimee is doing ok and starting to understand what it all means, the hardest part is explaining to a child who loves cheese that they can’t have any type of food with cheese anymore. She was upset when we told her no more grilled cheese or pizza, but I have a feeling we will slowly find ways around all of it.

Will do more updates as we meet with the doctors and understand more.

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Today was Aimee’s dermatologist appt since we got her allergy test results back last Friday. We are all adjusting to the no milk and no walnuts. No walnuts isn’t very hard, but the milk one is more of a learning experience and looking at all labels before buying anything. Also checking out fast food places online to see what she can eat at places if we happen to be out.

As for her appointment today it went very well and he agreed her rash looks more like an allergic reaction, but looks so much better today since she hasn’t had any milk products since lunch yesterday. Gave me advice on how to help clear up some of the last little patches and agreed we seem to be on the right path to get this all figured out. Monday is a 2-3hr allergy appointment with more testing as well. Aimee is nervous about the testing, but Tom will be with us for the day and hopefully that will help her relax. Mostly we are looking forward to getting more answers and keeping her safe with this new allergy.

Learning from a friend and the dermatologist even the slight fever she had 3 days prior could of been what kicked her body into over drive and set this allergy off.

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You have to love it when the every news station starts of their morning saying that the DC area breaks the record for the snowiest winter ever. We are over 80in for the season and as of right now there is supposed to be more snow on Sunday night into Monday. I truly hope that doesn’t happen and maybe we can get some rain to wash away some of this white stuff outside. To give everyone who isn’t in this white Arctic place right now, oh wait I mean Maryland, it’s 28 outside and with the wind it feels like it’s 17. It’s still pretty windy today so the snow on the ground is blowing around some and most places are closed for the day. Aimee’s school is closed for the week and Tom’s work has been closed M-Th so far and I have a feeling they will be closed tomorrow as well. Most roads are horrible to drive on since they have a layer of ice on the bottom so they feel like a rumble strip when driven on.

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Christmas this year was a bit different since we had a sick child to take care of, but luckily her fever broke late on Christmas Eve and she was feeling a bit better. We had family over and a lot of wonderful food! Thanks to everyone to sent Aimee a gift, she was sad she didn’t get to open them with family on Christmas Eve and those who we missed before hand due to the snow. But she has enjoyed everything. Here are a few pictures from Christmas and the first big snow storm we got of the season, little did we know by early Feb we would be close to 70in for the season.

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Here are a few pictures from Halloween, some from Thanksgiving and a school picture Tom took. At Thanksgiving she of course got an extra piece of pie like she was wishing for and even wrote on her turkey at preschool.

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