Introducing Ryan.

Ryan is a loveable kid. When he walks onto the school ground he constantly has kids giving him hugs and high-fives. His kindergarten teacher commented that he has a hard time getting his work done because everyone wants to talk to him. Ryan is very small for his age, has a great laugh and has crazy cowlicks that make his hair stick up in three different places. I like to tell people that everyone has an internal rhythm – and Ryan’s is Mach 3. He talks fast, eats fast, and can’t walk – he only runs. He’s a head shorter than everyone on his soccer team, but he’s right in the middle of the pack and won’t back down from any opponent.

It’s hard to believe that when he was five months old, he was rashy from head-to-toe and had to wear socks on his hands constantly. You see, Ryan is an “allergic child”. He has severe food allergies to milk, soy, eggs, and peanuts. He also has asthma, and is a survivor of infantile eczema. I’d say that our whole family survived Ryan’s infantile eczema! Ryan lives with his dad - Jason, his mom - Laura (that’s me), and two sisters – Rebecca and Sarah.

It seems that more and more children are dealing with allergies now. Our nurse practitioner has 2 babies on her caseload right now with severe eczema, and Ryan’s allergist in Peterborough claims that every week he diagnoses a new peanut allergy. When Ryan was a baby I felt so isolated and wished I had someone to talk to that was dealing with the same struggles. So if you know someone with an allergic child, let them know about this blog! Have a seat and let me tell you all about living with Ryan…with allergies.