An Apple A Day - but not celery

If you've never had allergy testing you may not realize how sad each of these little marks are. Each is a mark for a test and each dot is the place where the liquid and prick happen. For little people it happens on their backs rather than their arms. Yes, Antonio screamed. Well some kids are allergic to nuts, not Antonio, he is allergic to raw celery. He has what's called OAS (oral allergy syndrome) which really means he is like his mom and is allergic to pollen but his body thinks the celery is a pollen. And for most kids what a blessing to be allergic to a green vegetable right? Well not Antonio, because that is the Wonder Pets FAVORITE thing...and just a few months ago Jeff had someone tell him, "my kids loves celery because of the Wonder Pets" so of course we tried it. And like clockwork he wanted it....but his body did not.
Poor Antonio, no more playing with his celery and Wonder Pets....I may have to lie to him and give him something else and tell him it is celery.

In the meantime, an apple day might keep "another one doctor" (as he called the allergist) away.