On Monday he woke up with really severe hayfever type symptoms.
Explosive sneezing, itching in hs ears and face, streaming nose and eyes really red and sore.
After antihistamine it eased off gradually.
But he had fallen asleep on the sofa and i didn't have the heart to wake him up so kept him off school.
He didn't eat too well all day either.
Tuesday off he went to school seemingly ok.
Then I got 'that call' at 1.05 PM from school.
Why do I know it was exactly that time ?
Ask any mum of a food allergic child and they will tell you I'm sure they always know exactly what the time is when they get a call from school because from that moment on your mind starts reeling and the what ifs creep in.
The voice on the end of the phone, a familiar one to me as I know the school receptionist, said 'I don't want to worry you but think you need to come and get B as he's just walking towards me and has just vomited into his hands as I speak'.
Whitout thinking clearly I said ok thanks and ended the call and hurriedly tried to find my car keys and head out the door for the 8 minute or so drive to school.
Then it occured to me I hadn't even asked if it was allergy related !
So I phoned back and asked the question what had he eaten ?
was it an allergy reaction did she think ?
She said 'let me put B on the phone so you can ask him' that was a relief as he obviously wasn't bad enough that he was unable to talk.
My sons never found it easy always to explain or work out how he feels with reactions or whether it's allergy /bug/ EoE which makes life a little tricky and I've found you have to be a super sleuth as well as a mum at times !
So I asked did he think it was an allergic reaction or something else ?
He said 'I'm not sure, remind me what are my allergy symptoms again' ?
So I said 'do you have any tingling sensation in your mouth of throat, are you itchy anywhere, are your lips 'puffy' ?
No he said so I suspected it wasn't an igE reaction, but was still worried none the less.
I told him to let someone know if he did think it was allergy and set off to school feeling anxious.
And so the drive to school wasn't the most pleasurable one, and everyone seemed to be getting in my way and driving really slowly !
When I eventually got to him he said he had been feeling a bit 'off' all morning but thought eating something might help.
He only took one bite of a sausage roll and proceeded to vomit a couple of times before getting back into school (he's in year 10 now at secondary school so allowed out at lunch break ).
So we thought it may well be one of the sickness bugs doing the rounds possibly, as he definitely didn't seem to have any of his usual igE allergy symptoms.
Once at home after a sleep he said he was starving so I made him some plain spaghetti.
He managed to keep that down ok.
He didn't vomit again for the rest of that day but given school protocol for sickness bugs was to keep them off 48 hours I decided it might be best to keep him off the next day too.
Wednesday he ate without vomiting again all day, although he had really bad stomach cramping and bloating and was close to tears at one point but was saying he was hungry, so food was offered but again he hardly touched it.
He often gets like this though with an EoE flare, it's called early satiety.
Later on at tea time he had to rush and vomit after the first mouthful again.
So again I was unclear, bug V EoE flare.
Aaargh ! so frustrating.
Come Thursday morning I did try and rouse him because he has quite a lot of time off school due to ill health, but there was no getting him up, he was dead to the world it seemed.
So I decided best to leave him be.
I offered food and drink during the day but he didn't eat anything and didn't get out of bed until 3 PM.
He said he had stomach pain again and he usually triies to sleep it off when he's like that.
But he seemed to perk up a bit later on.
Until tea time, when he vomited again with the first mouthful of food.
But he said this time he felt like it was sticking going down maybe ?
Despite that and the fact he still wasn't eating a lot he was feeling better though.
So Friday he went into school.
Gradually over the next couple of days his eating increased and I was glad we were over the worst, until the next time I had to play Sherlock Holmes !
So my verdict ?
EoE flare I think given the sporadic vomiting, stomach pain, lethargy and the fact it went on for several days.
But in reality we may never know for sure.
So then yesterday evening on our way back from a day out at the coast to see an air show 
he started explosive sneezing, sore swollen eyes, nose bleed, mucous.
To what you may ask ?
Possibly SILs dogs that he was petting although we have 2 dogs and he's ok with them and his SPT is only 2mm now to dogs.
With it being evening it could also have been pollen related and it was a beautiful sunny day.
Who knows !
Sherlock, where are you when I need you !
But I'm just hoping that this doesn't start off another EoE flare up as moulds, pollen as well as food triggers can affect kids with Eosinophlic disorders.
Hopefully he will come home saying he's been fine, fingers crossed !
