Like Father, Like Son

I took our 11 year old Levi to see the allergy doctor today. They pricked his back a bunch of times with stuff that he might be allergic to--animals, trees, grasses, weeds, dust. He was pretty brave. Then we waited 10 minutes to see if he'd have an allergic reaction. I taught him to play solitaire while we waited! The nurse came in, read his reactions, then administered higher concentrated shots of the things that he didn't react to in his arms.

How fun is that?

I went through the same thing when I was his age. I ended up getting allergy shots until I was 18, and never built up enough immunity to finish the cycle.

Levi is allergic to some trees, grasses, dust, cats, and guinea pigs.

I think we'll keep the cats, but the pigs are history. Anybody want 2 barely played with guinea pigs?