*sigh* What a morning...

For those who don't know, D has a pretty severe contact allergy to milk. He also has eczema, and some foods (like mango) cause it to flare even if he doesn't have a frank allergic reaction. We *think* that he's also got an allergy to something in dijon mustard, as he's had reactions (hives) to three lunches at his daycare where that was the common ingredient. Well, every Christmas morning my parents and sister come over and bring breakfast: eggs, ham, potatoes, and my mom's famous corn sticks. My parents know about D's allergies and everything was safe except the corn sticks, which are laden with butter.
About 5 minutes into breakfast I notice that Dylan's top lip looked funny... And it got puffier, and puffier... Then he started frantically rubbing his eyes and I noticed hives on his hands and around his mouth. Starting to panic, I order my DH to get D's prescription Benadryl (which we keep on hand at home and the daycare) and I start getting him out of the high chair. Then I notice the hives all over his chest and belly. We lay him down, DH gives him the medicine, and I am just staring at him waiting for any signs of tongue swelling or laboured breathing, ready to rush to the hospital if needed. Fortunately, the Benadryl kicked in and within about 15m the lip swelling was going down and within about 45m the hives and everything were gone. He's perfectly fine now, except that his eczema has flared up.
So.... WHAT THE HECK?

He didn't really have anything new! Here was what he ate (not a lot as the reaction happened so quickly:
A bite of toast w/ dairy free margarine (eats this almost daily)
A sip of Tropicana orange juice which he spit out (has NOT had this before, but has had clementines; could this be it?)
Some grape punch (had this a couple of times before)
A bite of deli ham (eats this once or twice per week, no milk ingredients)
A bite of scrambled egg which he spit out (not had scrambled egg before, but has had processed food like pasta with eggs in the ingredient list)
A bite of banana (eats this almost daily)
What do you think? OJ, eggs, something else? Am I going to have to get an allergy test done? I know that future exposures to an allergen can cause worse reactions than the initial one, so we really need to figure this out... Poor little monkey, what a Christmas morning
