Doctor Visit

Poor David. He was asking me about going to the doctor, were they going to clean his teeth. And I said no, this is the doctor for your allergies. He was in a good mood, things were happy...and then the scratch test begins: the nurse writes on his arm 21 marks. Then he puts 21 little drops of different reagents on his arm next to the numbers...then he gets 21 little pin pricks, that each bleed. Now, he has to have his arm still for 15 minutes. He was very unhappy with this arrangement. He cried and screamed for a while. The reason we did it on his arm is because he didn't want to have it done on his back, because he didn't like having his shirt off in the doctor's office. And then he had to have 4 more under the skin needle pricks for other allergens...but that wasn't so bad. The doctor tells me that he's basically allergic to the outside world: trees, grass, but not cats! He also gave me medicines to try: 2 days for each one unless there's a side effect. Then throw it out. The doctor was great, by the way. I had no idea it would be so traumatic. Ugh.