Allergic to cashews

[polychrome_baby]

I'm going to try to write this out to let go of it. This is what it is to find out your child has a serious food allergy

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[krisssa]

I am all teary reading this entry. Allergies (especially nut allergies) are so scary. Like I said on FB, I just can't imagine what you must have felt or what is still haunting you. On a sidenote, it sounds like you all did AMAZING.

[polychrome_baby]

Thank you. My mom was my teacher when it came to handling a crisis. I am very good while it's happening. Falling apart is for later.

[krisssa]

Kudos to your mama! I hope I don't have to really figure out what I'd be like in the midst of a real crisis, especially involving one of my babies!

[squeezles]

You are a mommy hero. I hope if I ever have to deal with an emergency I can hold it together like you did. I'm glad that she's ok now...though I imagine it will be a huge adjustment to your family as you try and work this out.

[polychrome_baby]

Thank you. I'm not sure what all it means for us yet. I do know that one of my all time favorite food types is simply out of the house now. I don't really like cashews better than I like Jill, though, so that's easy.

[krisssa]

lol @ the last sentence! Love it.

[kellinator]

Wow. You did good... real good.

I haven't really spent any time around little kids, and your posts about Philip and Jilly are fascinating to me. They have such precious little personalities. And can I just say how impressed I am that at her young age, Jilly understands the concept of a shot to make her better? I didn't get that till I was probably triple her age.

[polychrome_baby]

Oh babe. The difference is that Russell and I talk to our kids and treat them like rational humans capable of thinking for themselves.

Your parents... Ugh.

All that aside. I do sort of think she's impressive. *hugs* thank you.

[impeccablyme]

What a relief that you quickly realized what was happening, and that it wasn't a more severe reaction. It sounds like you really kept it together in a scary experience. An allergic reaction, before Delilah is able to communicate what's happening, is seriously my biggest parenting fear.

I was 14 when I had an allergic reaction (to shellfish), so my mom knew what was happening immediately when I said "Weird, shrimp makes your throat feel weird, huh? Like kinda prickly?" She went straight for the benadryl too, and now I have an epipen.

Does she still have the bruised appearance today? I remember at school the next day, I kept getting asked if I'd been in a fight or gotten beat up, I looked so rough.

I saw your P101 post, and I'm going to get some Benadryl appropriate for Delilah tomorrow. All we have is adult benadryl capsules around here.

[polychrome_baby]

The talking wasn't nearly as important as the crying, or the welts. As I mentioned in that post, there are simple things to look for and listen for. All Jilly really knew is that she was very itchy and hurt.

And yeah, she looks a bit like she was lightly bruised. It's not at all like it was yesterday. Yesterday her eye sockets looked like two little 8 balls hollowed out in her head. It was horrible.

Please do get the benedryl.

Thank you.

[heathog]

((hugs))

That's about the same story I have--one of my twins is allergic to cashews, the other isn't. We found out on Christmas day evening at about 10 PM right before my twins turned 4 and Cole was only 6 months old. That was a fun trip to the ER. The problem for me was that I was NOT the one to give my son a cashew...my FIL did and I didn't even know what had been eaten until the next day. Thankfully benadryl saved us, too.

[polychrome_baby]

Ugh. I've been pretty lucky thus far that no one has really given the kids food to eat without going through me, first. That sort of awareness will now go further. It would scare me horribly worse to have not had any knowledge of what it was that did it.

Once she finishes her testing, I'm going to invest in some medic alert bracelets, too.

Thank you for the hugs.