Thanks to modern science my egg allergic son received his seasonal flu shot for the 19th? consecutive year. I think it’s 19 years. It could be more. But hey, who’s counting anyways. I was concerned this year, because he moved to a new city in August and had to find a new allergist. Fortunately, his allergist of 21.5 years, knew someone, who knew someone. And the new someone sounds terrific. She used a similar technique to what we’ve seen the last two years. It’s called a flu shot challenge, not just a simple flu shot vaccine. He was scratch tested for egg allergy and for this years vaccine prior to the shot. Still allergic! Anyways, it worked and I’m happy.
Ann
Tags: egg allergy, flu shot, food allergy
