March 20/2012 - DiDi's Anaphylactic Shock Scare

DiDi had a severe allergic reaction to something today.  We are not sure what he touched, because he was playing in the living room when it happened.  It happened so quickly, in about 15 minutes.

He got very itchy, turned bright red, developed huge lumpy hives/rash on his body and had trouble breathing.  He became very drowsy. Mommy rushed him to the Children's Hospital.  He had a lot of help from the doctors there.  He got injections, inhaled medicine and medicines by mouth.  He stayed there for 8 hours.

Luckily, he came home OK.  We now own an epi-pen and it goes everywhere that DiDi goes.  DiDi's preschool has one too.  Everyone around him gets lessons from Mommy on how to recognize the signs of a severe allergic reaction if it happens again.  Everyone got taught how to give the Epi-pen injection to DiDi.

If it happens again, DiDi gets an Epi-Pen injection into his thigh right away.  Then, we call 9-1-1 and get him to the hospital within 15 minutes.

No more exposure to cow's milk (milk, milk powder, casein, whey, lactose, lactic acid, butter, cream) or soy (soy beans, soy lecithin, soy bean oil, soy protein).  DiDi had an appointment with the Pediatric Allergist and Immunologist who determined that he is also very allergic to PEANUTS and TREE NUTS.

So, we are very careful from now on.