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In case you were wondering...
ERIK IS STILL ALLERGIC TO MILK!
Last night at the dinner table:
"Mom, this soymilk tastes funny."
"Erik, that's rice milk, not soymilk. Just drink it."
Upon watching Erik take sip #2, I realized that he was sitting in Everson's seat. Not his regular seat. Drinking Everson's milk. Not his rice milk.
"Erik! That's cow milk!"
Up he ran to get his allergy bag and drink 2 teaspons of Benadryl...then started coughing. And coughing. And saying things like, "My throat feels funny." Lips started swelling. Eyes started watering. Ears started feeling funny. Coughing progressing.
"Erik, get your shoes on," said his father.
Upon entering the lobby of the Emergency Room, I tell the nurse that we were in early anaphylaxis. A moment later, she reappeared with a pulse-ox meter and said, "We'll take you right in."
An hour and a very big and painful steroid shot and 2 back-to-back breathing treatments later (and jittery from the drugs), we are discharged with an rx for a steroid to take for 4 days.
"Tomorrow, we re-establish our dinner table routine," said his mother.
ERIK IS STILL ALLERGIC TO MILK!
Last night at the dinner table:
"Mom, this soymilk tastes funny."
"Erik, that's rice milk, not soymilk. Just drink it."
Upon watching Erik take sip #2, I realized that he was sitting in Everson's seat. Not his regular seat. Drinking Everson's milk. Not his rice milk.
"Erik! That's cow milk!"
Up he ran to get his allergy bag and drink 2 teaspons of Benadryl...then started coughing. And coughing. And saying things like, "My throat feels funny." Lips started swelling. Eyes started watering. Ears started feeling funny. Coughing progressing.
"Erik, get your shoes on," said his father.
Upon entering the lobby of the Emergency Room, I tell the nurse that we were in early anaphylaxis. A moment later, she reappeared with a pulse-ox meter and said, "We'll take you right in."
An hour and a very big and painful steroid shot and 2 back-to-back breathing treatments later (and jittery from the drugs), we are discharged with an rx for a steroid to take for 4 days.
"Tomorrow, we re-establish our dinner table routine," said his mother.
(Bald head happened 2 weeks ago)
2 comments:
Never a dull moment in the Armstrong household.....
Sorry to hear about the upsetting evening but glad to hear that all turned out OK
All in a days work, right Mom?!?
Girl you have had quite the summer! I know you are ready for an uneventful week. We just want you all to know what a blessing you are to us!
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