Oh my god I was crying as I read this. I know that everything turned out ok, but I could just feel your terror at something going wrong. I don't know how you held it together enough to drive. That sounds so frightening. :(
I get hives on occasion, nothing too horrible, and since we both have our regular pollen allergies in addition to this, chances are the kid inherited the tendency. I just hope she'll have it mild, not all serious and ER worthy like Jilly or my ex-flatmate who had to have the ambulance called a few times every year.
Yeah. Unfortunately, what I'm learning is that parents who both have allergies as simple as seasonal allergies are more likely to have children who inherit food allergies. :( Still, the vast majority of kids do NOT have food allergies. So, don't worry yourself over nothing. Just be prepared. Thank you.
Yeah, they say that the tendency is inherited, not the specific allergy. And apparently asthma/allergies are interchangeable in this respect, suffering from one means your kids will be more likely to have either. I did a lot of reading on allergies when I was younger, because... well, of course I would have, I'm allergic. I'm sort of obsessive about finding out everything I can about a given thing if it touches my life. Except cars, can't be arsed to care that much about cars
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And, that is exactly how I found out my one is allergic to bee stings. Except, you know, there was a bee and it stung him. And he was 11 so the communication was a bit easier.
It terrified me how fast he went from normal to a mass of welts, and by the time we got to the emergency doctor he was going blue-lipped. He tells me it happened one time when he was with his Dad and he ended up having to have adrenaline, and now I'm paranoid about bees.
(i have a friend who's deathly allergic to all nuts so we're all good with an epi pen these days)
He's an awesome little man. My mom taught me that in a crisis freaking out is the best way to not come out of it, so shut your mouth, breathe, and work through things rationally. Thank you.
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I'm so glad she's better today. *hugs to you all*
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How is Jilly doing today?
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I get hives on occasion, nothing too horrible, and since we both have our regular pollen allergies in addition to this, chances are the kid inherited the tendency. I just hope she'll have it mild, not all serious and ER worthy like Jilly or my ex-flatmate who had to have the ambulance called a few times every year.
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Still, the vast majority of kids do NOT have food allergies. So, don't worry yourself over nothing. Just be prepared.
Thank you.
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And, that is exactly how I found out my one is allergic to bee stings. Except, you know, there was a bee and it stung him. And he was 11 so the communication was a bit easier.
It terrified me how fast he went from normal to a mass of welts, and by the time we got to the emergency doctor he was going blue-lipped. He tells me it happened one time when he was with his Dad and he ended up having to have adrenaline, and now I'm paranoid about bees.
(i have a friend who's deathly allergic to all nuts so we're all good with an epi pen these days)
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*hugs*
Thank you.
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<3
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