Hello.
As many of you know, my hubby and I just gave birth to our lovely son 7 weeks ago today. He's a beautiful baby (I know, all moms say that) but evidently, he was just diagnosed with Eczema. Not terrible, I know. I was a little worried when I heard it could lead to asthma, however. Anyway, I digress.
The reason I'm so upset is that my son's pediatrician said that we may have to rehome our cats. Our son my have an allergy to them and they are aggrevating his Eczema. I am beside myself. I said to my husband that maybe we can call the vet to see if there's something we can give the cats to help reduce their allergens (long shot, I know) only to be accused of loving our cats more than my son. My husband suggested this! Can you believe it?
This may sound terrible (and if you think so, I would appreciate a little sensitivity right now) but we've already decided to rehome Payton. My mom is moving to Chicago to be closer to her new grandson and we all decided that he would be better off with her. She's retired now and has more time to spend with him than I do. I got him from her in the first place. I can still see him all of the time and I know he'll be in a loving home with his cat meowmie.
However, my poor Sammy has been through so much, it breaks my heart to think of "getting rid of" him. He's a true sweetheart and doesn't bother the baby in the slightest. It also disturbs me how my husband is so quick to "disgard" him. He has been with us for 6 years now.
Does anyone have any advice? I'm devisatated.
Edit to add:
This isn't definite yet (thank God), we are going to try one round of treatment and if his skin clears up, we'll all be fine. If it doesn't we'll have to have him tested for cat allergies and take it from there. Please pray that this treatment clears it up.
Thank you!
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