Seven Months: OIT by the numbers

It's been seven months since Brendan completed his second and final round of OIT.  He has had seven months of COMPLETE FREEDOM from food allergies.  On that note, I thought I'd make a blog post of our OIT journey by the numbers.  Here they are:

>100

Brendan's pre-OIT peanut and hazelnut IgE levels. For those not in the allergy world-- that ">" means higher than they are willing to count on an allergy test.

52

Brendan's pre-OIT egg white IgE level.  Still really high!

27,846

The number of miles we traveled for OIT treatment.

6.5

The amount of months it took for each round of OIT.

58.2; 41.4; 5.56

Brendan's peanut, hazelnut, and egg IgE levels, respectively, after completing OIT.

754

Days of dosing since we began our OIT journey.

7

Months of FREEDOM.

Month One: Where he got to keep (and EAT) all of his Halloween candy.

Month Two: Where he ate EVERYTHING at Disney World, including the KITCHEN SINK.  For real, this dessert is called "The Kitchen Sink," and it was totally off limits before!

Month Three: Where he decorated and ate this gloriously cross contaminated gingerbread house!

Month Four: Where he had a donut and Resee's Pieces snowman afternoon snack.

Month Five: Where he got his first box of "mystery" chocolates!

Month Six: Where he ate deep fried Nutella at the rodeo!

Month Seven: Where he ate a huge cross contaminated bunny (and complained that it was hollow!).

Just beginning Month Eight: Where he ate at Marble Slab for the first time ever.

∞ Infinite

The number of times we have given thanks to God for OIT and for Dr. Silvers who walked us through the process.

Just after Brendan graduated from OIT, I made a video of his journey.  I realized that I somehow never linked it to this blog.  You can watch it here. OIT works.  And it has changed our lives.