New Allergy Doctor

About a year ago, we took Karsten to the asthma and allergy practice that I've been going to since I was in elementary school.  I was disappointed that my longtime doctor was retiring and Karsten would not be able to see him. After trying two doctors and not being 100% satisfied in how Karsten was responding to their treatments, I decided to take the recommendation of my coworkers and try a different allergy and asthma doctor.

After listening to all of our concerns and descriptions, the doctor said that he thought the cough that Karsten couldn't shake was caused by reflux.  He wanted to try him on a reflux med for a few weeks and see how he did.  He also switched his inhaler to one that he feels is more effective.

The doctor did a skin prick test on his back and determined that we could stop the OTC allergy med we had been giving him because he wasn't extremely allergic to any items.  He showed a moderate allergy to mold.  Karsten HATED the skin prick test - I don't blame him, I remember being miserable when I had it done long long ago.

I appreciated that he listened so carefully to our descriptions and hopefully help Karsten be much more healthy!  We come back in two weeks to check in on the progress!


Karsten was happy that he got to choose a toy from the treasure chest on his way out.  He found this plastic snake and had a great time playing with it on the way home.  He put it on his nose and I had a flashback to a similar pic I had taken many years ago of a friend with a plastic snake on his nose.  So, I handed Karsten my phone and taught him how to take a selfie so I could send a pic to Travis.  Karsten took around 30 pictures; however, there were some good ones!