Update.....On Child With Asthma & having 3 doodles!

[Barb, Murphy, Emmet, & Hudson]

Thanks again to everyone who responded to my discussion back in September, you were all very helpful! Since then my daughter still has been having some issues on and off, last week she had her allergy testing done. Now her primary doctor said we had to remove the dog's from the house. Our allergist said our dog's are NOT the problem=)) She is NOT allergic to dog's or cat's! We were SO HAPPY to hear that, she is allergic to mold, grass, and dust mites. Which isn't to bad he seems to think her attacks happen when she is coming down with something. So we will just be on the look out when she get's sick. With Christmas right around the corner this is the best gift we could have gotten....

[Dan, Judi, & Timbow]

This is such great news!! What a wonderful gift!

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

How wonderful! I can imagine your relief! What a great holiday gift to your family!

[Kathy (Ellie & Oliver)]

WAHOO!! Thank goodness for specialists!!! What a relief! Enjoy the holidays with your pups and family!!

[Melissa & Porter]

Yay! I am so happy to hear that.

I agree with the poster encouraging allergy shots. After six months under my belt, this fall I unpacked the family's winter gear and for the first time was not a sneezy, drippy mess from the dust.

[BetteB]

Yay! Great news! Thanks for the update! I know you and your family are very relieved. Asthma and allergies can be so tricky. I'm glad that you have figured out some of her triggers, and you can help her avoid these things. Yay!!!

[Lorraine Bromley]

This is great news. Not to be a downer but if the dogs go out on the grass does that bring in what ever it is about grass she is allergic too. Will you need to put booties on the dogs before they go on the grass?

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Grass allergies are to the grass pollen in the air, not actual contact with grass. This is true of all plant pollen allergies. The allergens are airborn, and are inhaled.
People who are allergic to ragweed, for example, can be severely affected by the pollen even if they never go anywhere near ragweed; the pollen travels 400 kilometers.

[Melissa & Porter]

And the mold part is a bummer too because it is always in the air, but when the weather switches from dry to rainy, I always have asthma symptoms. I looked it up and the spore concentration in the air does rise at this time. Not much you can do for that either.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

No...molds, pollens, and other airborn allergens are unavoidable.
Until Jack was tested, I always thought his biggest problem was molds, because he was always worse when it was damp outside. And he is allergic to molds. But also, to many plant pollens, and the concentration in the air is worse when the humidity is higher.

[Denise & Hunter!!!]

OOOhhh I am SOOOO happy to hear this!! I had kept you in my prayers - that really hit close to home for me because my younger daughter has asthma - I do to but as an adult it only gets bad occasionally. My daughter is like yours and hers acts up when she starts to get sick or her allergies flare up. AND like your daughter she is not allergic to dogs!! She is allergic to cats though but so am I so that was never an issue in our house. Did they happen to mention any kind of a preventative medication for her? My daughter is on Singulair (which is NOT a steroid) and it has worked wonders for her. She has had no attacks in the past year now and before she was having one a month. I am really glad the allergist was able to help you - they are the only doctors I trust in dealing with her allergies and asthma anymore. Asthma is a total pain in the butt! Denise :-)

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Here's a website that's very helpful for anyone who has pollen allergies; you can check the levels of all the different common plant allergens for your specific area. It's been very helpful for me:
http://www.pollen.com/allergy-weather-forecast.asp

[Leslie and Halas]

Great news! What a relief! And, I agree, what a wonderful Christmas gift.