How did we get here?

Eosinophilic esophagitis is an allergic inflammatory condition of the esophagus.






Riley has always had a issue with texture food-wise. We never thought much about it. When she was 2 we found out she has anaphylatic allergies to tree nuts, coconut and peas. We've avoided these foods and have been problem free.... July 29, 2011 she started throwing up and couldn't stop. If she took a sip of water (tsp amount) it would make it halfway down, then come back up. I took her to the Dr on Aug 1st, they sent us home saying it was a bug, take Zofran and wait it out. Nope, not exactly the wait it out kind of mom, so we went to the ER that night. After we sat in the waiting room for 3 hours (watching kids that were running around laughing go back) without being seen, we had no choice but to wait until the next morning to get back to the Dr. The Dr agreed something was wrong and admitted us to Arkansas Childrens Hospital. We were there from Aug 2 to Aug 10. Along the way, after numerous inconclusive tests and procedures, we've found out she has EE. For the next 8 weeks she has to stick with a diet free of tree nuts, peanuts, coconut, peas, oats, soy, fish, milk, eggs, and wheat. Let's see how it goes!!