Preparing for the Egg Challenge
Today, I wait for news from the allergist as to whether we can go ahead with my daughter’s scheduled egg challenge on Wednesday. Since we’ve never been through a food challenge before, I’m having difficulty figuring out how to prepare for it. From what I understand, I must bring a cooked egg with me from home, and she will it in the doctor’s presence. And wait. If all goes well, she will eat more and not get sick. Got the big picture: check. It’s the details that elude me. After four years of explicit orders not to cross contaminate my pans and cooking utensils with suspected allergens (and a child who has had several contact allergic reactions from eating on a grill or being in a home where an allergen was being cooked) - I must confess, I am afraid to cook eggs at my house. So, I have arranged to cook my eggs at the home of a good friend who lives nearby. I am guessing I should prepare the eggs several different ways to account for the real likelihood she won’t like them. Oh the anxiety!
