No Eggs Allowed!

This weekend has been big in our family! We are putting Bronson's puzzle together. For the past couple of months Bronson has being having these HORRIBLE puking episodes. They were so random, and were not a result of his reflux. He would eat something, start gagging, get really mucussy, violently vomit, struggle to breath for 5-10 minutes, start breathing, and then cough like a seal for hours after. Anyone who saw them instantly knew how weird they were. I have had him to the doctor, been on the phone with his doctor, and been in constant worry about what was going on with Bronson. It was horrible. One of the worst times Julie and Jaylie were at my house to witness. He scared all of us. I decided that day that he could be allergic to bananas, but I also mentioned to Julie that he only seemed to do it after eating cake. The next Sunday he did it again at Granny's after eating chicken noodle soup. It was really bad as well. I took him to the doctor and was told he probably had a small esophagus and needed to outgrow it. I listened to him, but knew there was more to the problem. I began only feeding him baby food. He didn't have an issue for over a week. Thursday night I made the mistake of feeding him chicken noodle soup again. About 10 bites into the soup it began. Jake and I had him on the neubulizer, and finally after 15 minutes got him back to normal. I had the suspicion he was allergic to eggs. I called Dr. Staker's office Friday morning and explained what was going on to them. They told me I needed to mash his food up more, and also blamed it on choking. So again, I listened, but knew that I was clearly not explaining what was going on. I had the plan to video the next time it happened. About 3:30 Friday afternoon Stacia called and said, "Come to Mom's. Bronson is definitely allergic to eggs." Grammy had given him a SMALL lick of cake batter and twenty seconds later his reaction began. I got to her house, and said I need a doctor to see this to understand it. We hurried to Dinoland Pediatrics and they knew instantly he was having an allergic reaction. They stuck him with an epi. pen, gave him a steroid, and admitted us to the hospital for observation. By the time we were done in the clinic he was already back to normal, and I knew he was fine. The whole time in the hospital he was so hyper and laughing hysterically (except when they were giving him the ridiculous IV).  At 9:15 the doctor came and released us. We now have a referral to Primary Children's to see an allergist. We will find out exactly what he is allergic to, but we are pretty sure eggs are the culprit. I worry there will be more than one food item on the list, and so I am anxious to get to the bottom of this. Until then, we avoid eggs, and so far so good. He has been nothing but the awesome little boy he is all weekend. This boy keeps us on our toes...

Other news from our weekend... one of our heifers finally had her baby! It's a little bull, and it's adorable. All went well. The only hiccup was when one of the others heifers tried to steal the baby. We got that taken care of, and have a healthy little calf. Four more to go!