eosinophilic-esophagitis anyone?

  Ever heard of Eosinophilic-Esophagitis? Well neither had I...Until my most recent visit to the allergist with Kale.
 This boy has taken us for quite a medical ride. He lierally has the worst allergies I have even seen in anyone. On top of that since he was born he has had horrible reflux, ear infections, asthma, pneumonia, eczema  and various other ailments.
   We have seen specialists galore in an attempt to make hime feel better but so far with not much resolution.
   He has been on every allergy medication under the sun, too many steroids, antibiotics and inhalers to count and had 3 surgeries and a year so far of allergy shots.
  Still he keeps getting worse. The child can NEVER breathe out if his nose, gets lousy sleep and generally feels miserable all the time.
  So we went to an allergist this week that we had seen previously with all his new info to see if she could find anything new.
   His immune system is intact so thats good but they are concerned he has eosinophilic-esophagitis, which is basically an allergy induced reflux that is caused by allergy cells lining the esophagus and stomach. When he breathes in or eats something he is allergic to it causes these cells to swell firm his nose to his stomach. Which is why his nasal and stomach symptoms are not controlled currently. This could also mean he has undetected food allergies.
  He had lots of blood work this week and will undergo a endoscopy to biopsy some tissue from his esophagus and stomach to look for these allergy cells. If they are found he will began oral steroids 2x  day and we will have to change his diet to remove all the foods he is allergic to.
  On one hand I am happy that maybe we are on the right track and maybe he can finally be free of these annoying and debilitating issues but on the other I cannot imagine having to change an 8 year olds diet when he is already a horribly picky kid.
   If you know anyone who knows about this condition, please send them this way!! And please pray we can find an answer for my sweet boy.