Food allergies, shots, and eczema

3 1/2 years ago we made the decision to start our daughter on allergy shots. It was pretty evident from birth that she had serious environmental allergies. She was born with a small patch of eczema (also a possible pre cursor of food allergies). By the time she was a toddler she had more signs of environmental allergies. Her nose was constantly running. Her eyes were always watery and she had those dark allergy circles under her eyes. We put off shots for as long as we could. We could not watch her suffer any more and the antihistamines that she was on were not doing enough on their own. So, we started allergy shots. Her first day of shots broke my heart. Oh did she cry. I surprised her when we got home with a shot treasure box. I told her that every time she got a shot that she could come home and pick a prize. This seemed to make the day a little better for her. At first she had to get shots in both arms twice a week for 6 weeks. Then it was once a week and now we are at once a month. She only cried that very first day and that first day was the first and last time she used that treasure box. She never asked for a treasure after the first one so I did not push it. She really is a tough kid. When we started shots the Dr. said that the shots may help with the eczema. Her eczema was horrible at the time. It could be found on her wrists, elbows, the backs of her knees, the front of her knees, I never knew where it would turn up. Sometimes, I felt like it was consuming her. Well, knock wood, her eczema has been nearly 100% gone since she started shots. It is truly miraculous.