I just received some terrible news!

[lv4dogs]

My thoughts are with you & your family. It is such a hard decision and I pray it is not one you are forced to make.
May the treatment work or the allergy tests show that he is not allergic to the kitties.
I understand completely about your mom taking custody of Payton. After all it is her cat. Like you said he's going to a great home & you will get to see him often.

I have bouts of eczema once in a while & never knew that it could even be allergy related. My Dr. has never once said anything about allergies & he knows how many pets I have.

HUGS

[Lobodeb]

Thank you all for your kind words and support.

I was relieved to see that this morning, after putting his hydrocortisone cream on him last night, that the rash appears to have almost disappeared. This brings me so much hope. Once again, PT prayers work wonders!

My son's pediatrician was very sympathetic to our cat situation. She must have seen the shock on my face when she told me rehoming them might be necessary. She told me she has cats too and would hate the thought of giving them up. I know she's not being close minded.

Let's hope that this continues. In the meantime, I will look into air purifieres, kitty baths, etc.

Thanks again. I knew you'd be able to point me in the right direction!

[Maresche]

My son's pediatrician was very sympathetic to our cat situation. She must have seen the shock on my face when she told me rehoming them might be necessary. She told me she has cats too and would hate the thought of giving them up. I know she's not being close minded.

I'm glad to hear that and I hope I didn't sound snotty. I didn't mean it that way.

Hydrocortisone is a miracle worker. It's great that it helped so much!

[Lobodeb]

I'm glad to hear that and I hope I didn't sound snotty. I didn't mean it that way.

Oh, no! Not snotty at all, I just wanted to point out that our pediatrician isn't anti-cats.

Thanks again, everyone. I'll keep you posted.

[~*MS.MISSYH*~]

Don't give up hope. My sister had the same problem with her son and it turned out his soap was making him break out.

[Van10]

I hope that you won't have to rehome your cats. . .

All paws and fingers are crossed for you and your little boy.

[carole]

What an awful predicament for you to be facing, of course your son's health is important but i sure know how you feel about your kitties too.

I too agree with the others, the eczema is probably due to other things rather than the cats itself, my daughter has it too, and honestly i have not noticed it flare up when around the cats, i found for her to keep moisturizing her skin with a good moisturizer and baby oil was helpful to keeping the skin from drying out too much and then using the cream, lots of babies and children suffer from eczema, it is a very common and annoying ailment, especially in a young baby, but hang on in there.,sometimes they do grow out of it,and i am sure it is NOT the cats, here's hoping.