THOUGHTS ON OIT

Hi. I'm Coby. I am 8 years old. I am happy to be writing this blog. I am a boy. I am in 3rd grade. I like to play games. I am cute. I am helpful. I am good at helping my mom cook. And I am brave.

I found out I was allergic to peanuts because when I was two I ate two goobers and I got a allergic reaction. I asked my mom for them and she gave them to me because we didn't know I was allergic. I hadded to be in the hospital because I ate goobers. They had to put in needles and stuff to save me.

This is when I was in the hospital.

In order to stay safe I have to carry epipens around in my epibelt that I wear. When I have playdates people have to come to MY house and they have to not eat peanuts or stuff with peanuts in them. And I have to read ingredients. And I sometimes catch mistakes that people miss. And I'll give you an example. Once in a party in my school I was about to eat cookies but then I decided to read the label and I saw that it says 'may contains peanuts' on the bottom so then I didn't eat it.

That's what brought me to my OIT journey.

This is my very first dose.

I started OIT because I want to be desensitized from peanuts. After OIT I won't have to worry so much. I could eat ice cream, ice cream cakes, go to restaurants, go to other people's houses, playdates and eat anything in the parties and have any cake and eat anything on a vacation or eat any ice cream or eat any cookies or cupcakes and be safe.

OIT is where you dose every day. When you updose you double or get to a higher milligram and it has to be done at the doctor's office. If I don't get sick or have reactions I updose every Thursday (or if they're not closed). Right now the dose is liquid mix of peanuts into grape flavor. And when you finish the liquid doses you get to peanut capsules and then to actual peanuts. And when you are desensitized you graduate.

I have to eat something before dosing and applesauce after dosing. After dosing somebody has to watch you for an hour and you can't get wild for two hours. They watch because they are looking for a reaction which is usually just in the first hour. I can't exercise because if I do my heart beat would go up and then I can maybe get a reaction. A reaction might mean having to use my epipen and going to the hospital for days! You could dose up to two hours early or two hours late but you should really dose at the correct time they say.

In the beginning I was sick and I had to downdose and didn't updose at all for a month. The whole November I didn't get to updose. I am so excited when I figure out I am able to updose and when they say I am good to updose, I literally jump out of my seat!

So that's all for today. I am happy that you read my blog. I'll blog again soon!