National Lampoon's February Quest For Fun!!~ LIVE UPDATE 2/9 post 852

[englishrose47]

Oh Blue I am on the Binder !!!!!!

 

[winkers]

Love the binder!

I really need to get in gear and make mine..but this remodeling is making if impossible for me to do anything but run around in circles like a chicken with it's head cut off.

 

[Blueyed Girl]

you are my OCD idol.

LOVE the binder cover!!!!

I was just thinking about the possibility of NO making the Super Bowl. I talked to Matt last time I was there about where to view the Super Bowl. If I remember right, here's what he told me:

ESPN is an absolute zoo on Super Bowl Sunday. You pretty much have to get there right at opening and stick around until the game if you want to keep your seat. Great money maker for him. He says September-Super Bowl Sunday are his high season. Who knew?

Most bars on property should be showing the Super Bowl so that's an option. Does the Gurgling Suitcase at OKW have TVs?

You can watch it in your room.

Thanks about the binder!
I think the gurgling suitcase has at least one TV.
We may watch from the room. Not sure yet. We still don't want to take away from DS's fun at WDW.

Oh Blue I am on the Binder !!!!!!

Love the binder!

I really need to get in gear and make mine..but this remodeling is making if impossible for me to do anything but run around in circles like a chicken with it's head cut off.

Thanks!

Oh I remember what that was like! I would just wait until the remodel is done to do anything fun like binder making. That way it's not a stressful job but a fun one!!

 

[jordanyosh]

NO vs new england next weekend. Go Saints.

 

[englishrose47]

Morning Blue !!!

 

[Sooze]

NO vs new england next weekend. Go Saints.

I'm agreeing with Jordan on this one! Anyone who plays the Patriots is my favorite team for the week!

 

[Blueyed Girl]

NO vs new england next weekend. Go Saints.

I know!! Super exciting.....GO SAINTS!!!!!!

Morning Blue !!!

Good Morning Rosie!

I'm agreeing with Jordan on this one! Anyone who plays the Patriots is my favorite team for the week!

We are 10-0 right now!! WOOT!!!

 

[jordanyosh]

I'm agreeing with Jordan on this one! Anyone who plays the Patriots is my favorite team for the week!

I agree with that statement.

 

[Blueyed Girl]

I agree with that statement.

 

[Blueyed Girl]

This summer it was found that DS has a severe peanut allergy. He is also allergic to green sweet pea's. The sweet pea's I have always suspected because he broke out in hives the first time I gave them to him when he started eating solid foods. The doctor told me to wait a year and try it again. The same thing happened. He told me to wait another year.....I waited almost 2 and by that time DS didn't want to try pea's anymore. We've never gotten a confirmation on whether or not he had an "allergy". The doctor wrote us a note to send to school last year in pre-k so that they don't give him sweet pea's.

On to the peanut allergy..... when I was pregnant, I read....A LOT. I desperately wanted to be a good mom and so I read everything I could get my hands on. Once he got here I read some more. I read about peanuts and peanut butter and how you should wait until they are over a year old before you introduce it to them so that they don't develop an allergy to it. It said you should wait closer to 2 years so I waited 3. We sat down one day and gave him peanut butter on some crackers. He ate it and semi-liked it and did not have an allergic reaction. We thought everything was fine. He never ate much peanut butter over the next 2 years because he just didn't really like it all that much. He did eat peanuts sometimes when we'd go to steakhouses that had them. Never ONE reaction!! Fast forward to this summer. A few weeks before school started myself and ds had lunch at a local restaurant with my mother. I talked him into getting a peanut butter and jelly sandwich because he never eats them. I though he should give them another try. 4 bites into the sandwich he started making weird "clear your throat" type noises. I thought it was just sinus problems because we all had them at the time. 10-15 minutes later we left the restaurant and while driving my mom home he kept making those noises in the back seat. I dropped my mom off and literally from one red light to the next, he had major swollen hives on his face and his lips were swelling. Luckily there was a pharmacy nearby so I pulled in and ran in with DS yelling for Benadryl. The pharmicist dropped the customer he was helping and acted very quickly which I am still thankful for! Once he had the benadryl the swelling went down and he was okay. I had called the doctor during this time and was told to keep him on benadryl for the rest of the day. He called out an order for us to see an allergist. It was then that we discovered that he is in fact allergic to peanuts and green sweet pea's. I was so confused about that and asked if there was a connection. There is....they are both "legumes". Soy is also a legume but luckily he is not allergic to soy. My head was spinning when this Dr. was telling me all of this especially when she said we will have to carry an epi-pen.

Needless to say, this is a whole new world. It is extremely scary sending your child to school not knowing if someone is going to make a tiny mistake that could cost him his life. Wondering if they will act fast enough if something happens. It can drive me completely insane if I let it. Bottom line, no matter how much you read and no matter how much you plan. You just never know. I've had to come to terms with that because it just feels like this all came out of left field somewhere. He wasn't allergic and now he is. They say this can and does happen more than most people know. I am learning that I can not control everything. It is not an easy task but I'm learning.

We can no longer step into any restaurant and just order food off of the menu without speaking to someone first. We had to read every single label of every single thing in our home. Things you wouldn't even normally think to read, such as seasonings, or condiments. Now when I got to the grocery store I have to read every single thing that goes into my basket. If we do fast food we have to ask if anything is fried in peanut oil. He can no longer go get an icecream cone ANYWHERE because peanuts may have spilled into the icecream. I have cried so much since July. I still cry when I discover something else that he can't have. It kills me to tell him he can't have something. I went home and cried last week because a parent brought donuts for his kindergarten class to eat as a snack because they were learning the letter "D" that week. The teacher wouldn't let him have one because she didn't know if they used peanuts at the place the parent got them from. .......that I am thankful to her for doing, but it still breaks my heart. I have since brought a large box of twinkies for DS and another boy in his class who also has peanut allergies. That way when the class gets something good like donuts, they dont have to eat cheese crackers again. He is a good sport about it. He seems to understand it all. But it still breaks my heart.

Anyway, with all that being said. Our trip this February is going to be like none of the other trips we've taken. I have looked on the Disney web site and I am delighted to say that I discovered that they do address this issue. They have a phone number and an email address that you can contact if you are going to WDW with food allergies!! ( 407-824-5967 or specialdiets@disneyworld.com ) I sent an email and recieved one back the same day! I was given 4 documents for download. 3 of them listed places where we could get snacks and counter service without peanuts. It still stresses on all of these documents that you should speak to a supervisor before ordering or ask to speak to the chef at the sit down restaurants. The other document was a form for me to fill out with all of our dining reservations and information on where we are staying and our dates. I filled it all out and emailed it back to them. THE SAME DAY I got a response again. They said that our information is being sent out to all of the restaurants on our list. They will know when we are coming and should be prepared for us. HOW AWESOME IS THAT??? Even if this does not work to a "science", I am still greatful for what they've done to help me so far. Yes, I will still ask everywhere we go and still read snack labels, etc. But these lists at least point us in a good direction so we are not left wondering around trying to find him a suitable snack, for example.

I will be sure to report how it all works in my TR later. Bottom line, Mama feels a little more at ease now. Mama likes that!!!

Ok, so this update was very text heavy. So I will leave you with a couple of pictures from our trip last February and the Disney cruise we took in June!

 

[englishrose47]

Blue soooo sorry about the peanut allergies !! I noticed that menu items at some restaurats have a * and that is because it containspeanuts among other things !! Leave it to Disney to be on top of this !!

 

[jordanyosh]

I'm sorry to hear this news. I'm misting up a little knowing that it hurts you so much....

We were JUST talking about peanut allergies on Saturday. We also talked about other allergies. I'm allergic to peaches, nectarines, apricots...and i think mangoes. Not nearly as bad, but I can't remember which one I ate recently by mistake and got welts all over....not good.

I'm glad to hear WDW does such a wonderful job accommodating this special needs.

 

[Blueyed Girl]

Blue soooo sorry about the peanut allergies !! I noticed that menu items at some restaurats have a * and that is because it containspeanuts among other things !! Leave it to Disney to be on top of this !!

Thanks Rosie
It is awesome how much they are on top of it! I wish the "real world" could be the same.

I'm sorry to hear this news. I'm misting up a little knowing that it hurts you so much....

We were JUST talking about peanut allergies on Saturday. We also talked about other allergies. I'm allergic to peaches, nectarines, apricots...and i think mangoes. Not nearly as bad, but I can't remember which one I ate recently by mistake and got welts all over....not good.

I'm glad to hear WDW does such a wonderful job accommodating this special needs.

Thanks Jordan!

Oh wow!! So a lot of fruits. I know they put mango's in some stuff at WDW. I can't remember where all I've seen it but I know Coral Reef for sure. It was diced up in tiny squares along with other veggies on top of my baked fish. I remember this because when I was full I still kept picking out the mango's to eat. I love them.

I'm so glad to see that they are so on top of it too. Like I said above...I just wish the "real world" could be like that!

 

[winkers]

Cherie, it's so hard trying to protect our kids the best we can and then "letting go".
Disney seems to be really good at accomidating for food allergies.

Luckily, the only alergies I have to worry about is Ethan...he's allergic to cats and grass...same as me.

I'm also allergic to jicama. Of all the bizzare things. I had 1 small bite of it once and swelled up like a blowfish.

 

[Poolrat]

Hey Blue,
I am so sorry to hear your son has allergies. My daughter too had (yes had) a peanut allergy. She would get congested but no hives or breathing problems. All that came with fire ants. We spent so much time in the Urgent care or ER it was ridiculous. They would see us coming and just pull the chart

Somehow when she hit puberty most of the allergies went away. In elementary school and middle school it was the worst. All through High School we did not have any reactions. Kids can grow out of them so I hope your son does.

You can Pm me if you have questions. We went through a lot with her and allergies but made it through. The Epi-pen is not that scary to have to carry around, but good to have. Disney is the BEST place to go since they are very accommodating and go that extra mile to ensure people with allergies stay healthy.

 

[Blueyed Girl]

Cherie, it's so hard trying to protect our kids the best we can and then "letting go".
Disney seems to be really good at accomidating for food allergies.

Luckily, the only alergies I have to worry about is Ethan...he's allergic to cats and grass...same as me.

I'm also allergic to jicama. Of all the bizzare things. I had 1 small bite of it once and swelled up like a blowfish.

Thank you so much, Cherie! It is hard letting go. You are right about that!
I am allergic to cats & grass too! I just went and got allergy tested because I'm always getting sinus infections. Grass is my big one but cats are there too along with a few trees. At least I don't have to mow the grass anymore.

Ok I had to google jicama. I've never heard of that but it says it can be found in a lot of Mexican cuisine so I probably have eaten it before. It also said it's a legume!! What's up with the legumes?? GEESH!

Hey Blue,
I am so sorry to hear your son has allergies. My daughter too had (yes had) a peanut allergy. She would get congested but no hives or breathing problems. All that came with fire ants. We spent so much time in the Urgent care or ER it was ridiculous. They would see us coming and just pull the chart

Somehow when she hit puberty most of the allergies went away. In elementary school and middle school it was the worst. All through High School we did not have any reactions. Kids can grow out of them so I hope your son does.

You can Pm me if you have questions. We went through a lot with her and allergies but made it through. The Epi-pen is not that scary to have to carry around, but good to have. Disney is the BEST place to go since they are very accommodating and go that extra mile to ensure people with allergies stay healthy.

Oh my goodness thank you so much for telling me this. I have often wondered if he will grow out of it. I'm praying that he does! It just seems so bizzare that he wasn't allergic and then WHAM!! one day he is. It's crazy.
I agree about Disney going the extra mile. I wish everyone could take a clue from that. I know many places can't go that far, but maybe if they would be required to put an * next to the things on the menu's that have peanuts or might have peanuts, the allergy world could be a little less of a crazy place.

 

[Poolrat]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING BLUE

Hope your day is stress free food wise. Well, and other wise too but I remember how either eating at others houses or getting ingredients with an allergic child required some planning.

 

[Blueyed Girl]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING BLUE

Hope your day is stress free food wise. Well, and other wise too but I remember how either eating at others houses or getting ingredients with an allergic child required some planning.

Thank you!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU TOO!!!

 

[Native NYer]

Joining in!! Now going back to read

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[Blueyed Girl]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!! HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!