Does our son have to suffer
any longer ,or God forbid get a terminal illness for the state of Illinois to do
the right thing after nearly eight years of exposure?
Dated 11/27/07
I will quote from our son's GP "This patient has had trouble with environmental allergies for over a year. He develops rhinitis, rashes, and coughs. Periodically he has required bronchodilators and he has been treated with leukotriene inhibitors and antihistamines. He has not had allergy testing and may be a good candidate for immunotherapy". Follow-up...CHILDREN's Memorial Hospital Department of allergy and immunology Our son attended children's memorial hospital outpatient on December 19th 2007 and was seen by a renowned specialist dealing with primary immune deficiency diseases, recurrent infections, allergy, and asthma. What was our son tested for? He was diagnosed after allergy scratch testing, which turned out negative, and we as parents were told that the specialist could only conclude(without further testing ),that these symptoms were directly related to our environmental issue! The kicker: The specialist referred us back to The City of Chicago Environmental Complaints. 312-744-7672 Symptoms our son has experienced. Chest infections regular nose bleeds eating disorders sleep disorders iron deficiency eye infections(pink eye, conjunctivitis) skin irritations Our son has missed over six weeks of school to date.
He is in Kindergarten
Emergency room visit to Advocate Lutheran General's Hospital, Park Ridge, Il December 18TH 2006 for allergic emergencies, attending physician in the ER said "we don't know why these rashes or hives
occurred, We have to as parents, carry this with us. Our son had to take steroids to relieve the severe allergic reaction! Then, November 13Th our son had another severe allergic reaction, was seen by his GP and then we were told (refer) to Children's memorial outpatient because they still don't know why???? Again The specialist said this is due to his environment.
