So I say "sorta" because like pineapple Adara is now allergic to the juice of watermelon. I'll start with pineapple: wherever the juice touches her she breaks out in hives; itchy, red, whelps. She can eat it with a fork and nothing happens, it's only when there is contact with her skin.
Now she's had watermelon lots before (and even gotten it on her skin) and never had a hive problem. Yesterday, we were eating watermelon and all of a sudden she's freaking out because she's itching ALL over. We ran upstairs, took her clothes off, and put her in the shower. I didn't take pictures so you'll have to use your imagination while I describe what it looked like.
If you "draw" a line with your finger from your left ear lobe, across and under your nose, and then on to the right ear lobe that will be the starting point of the hives. Now they were all the way down her cheeks, chin, neck and stopped just at her collar bone. Her hands and arms were covered from her elbows down. And where some juice had dripped down her leg and onto her foot, she had a line of hives.
All it took was 15min., a little children's benadryl, and her hydrocortisone (that we use for eczema) to clear it up.
So it looks like, as with pineapple, the only way she can eat watermelon is with a fork. So keep in mind she's not prissy (well maybe a little) she has a juice allergy! :)
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