When Lulu was just a little girl she was given penicillin to treat a common childhood illness. She developed a rash and very large blisters all over her body so immediately on return to the doctor's surgery it was written in her medical notes that on no account must she be prescribed penicillin.
35 years later and she hasn't been prescribed penicillin since, at times it has been difficult as she often gets slight reactions to other medicines too.
She has suffered with asthma too since childhood although it wasn't diagnosed properly 'til she was a young teenager and took many years for it to be properly controlled....she likes cats and still has two even though she is probably allergic to cat hair.

All well and good as her general health has been stabilised for quite a while now....then last week after spending the day in London with a friend they went to an trendy cafe where Lulu had a delicious piece of blueberry cheesecake, about 20mins later her friend asked what was wrong with her eyes, they were all red, swollen and puffy, then a rash appeared all over her body and large welts appeared, she told me that she also became very wheezy, and felt nauseous for around 4 hours.
I asked her what had triggered the reaction?
She's had cheesecake before with no problems, but not blueberries apart from earlier last week when she bought some fresh ones to try and ate half a dozen.. the following morning she had a tummy upset but thought nothing of it.
But thats how allergies go, the first time you are generally OK, then you develop anti bodies, so when you have them a second time, the reaction is worse, and once you are sensitised, the reactions continue to get worse each time!

She had the foresight to take a snap of the "welt" to show her doctor who confirmed she had a severe allergy reaction to blueberries and even gave her epipen adrenaline in case she has a reaction again.

You're never too old to develop new allergies it seems :no:
So no more blueberries for Lulu!!

Bella on the other hand only has one known allergy...to strawberries... when on consumption she gets little ulcers on her tongue and inside gum.