Crazy!

Crazy! That’s the only word to describe what we did today. Crazy! We took the boys out for dinner after a great afternoon at the zoo. We went to Chick-fil-A for dinner. I looked at the ingredient guide for the waffle fries and it said they were cooked in Canola oil. Carter can have that! Then I looked at the ingredients, no rice starch or milk or any other coatings on the fries. There were a couple chemicals listed, but nothing that jumped out and said BAD!! So we gave him fast food French fries. Fast food French fries. From a fast food restaurant. Like I said, Crazy!

Carter sat anxiously waiting for the food and chanting French fries! French fries me! He’s eaten them at home, but we haven’t allowed him to eat anything from a restaurant kitchen in quite a while. There are so many unknowns. Cross contamination. Mislabeled foods. Mix ups in the kitchen. It’s a scary world in the food industry kitchen.

When the food arrived, Carter was in such a hurry to eat them. He cried because we weren’t moving fast enough. We let him eat four or five waffle fries. He had some strawberries and apples from a fruit cup and a juice box of apple juice. His first Dining Out meal. He was just like everyone else for that one meal, that half hour. It was almost like he didn’t have FPIES.

As fun as it was for him, it’s now ridiculously scary for me. The potential for a reaction is there. The fear is there, but there is also hope. Hope that one day, he will be able to eat just like everyone else. Right now he’s sleeping quietly, but my mommy ears will be working overtime tonight. Let’s hope for a silent night tonight.