It Was the Peanut Butter.

The allergy tests came back negative for peanuts,  but I had a suspicion that they were wrong.  I thought that because he had Nutella and veggie sticks when he had his last reaction.  My babysitter thought it was the veggie sticks because when she looked at the bag it said that they were made in the same factory as eggs.  But I looked back at her logs and he had eaten those before with no problem.  I discussed it with my pediatrician and she advised just to avoid nuts until he went back for his yearly allergy tests. 

Well,  he inadvertently ate some peanut butter this week,  and confirmed my suspicions.  He had the worst reaction I've seen yet.  I wasnt at home when this happened,  my mom was babysitting and I got the dreaded call that he was having a reaction.  So I told her to give him the Epi (which she did) and then I called 911. When I got home the paramedics were there ... it felt so scary walking into the house thinking of them working on my son,  but when I got there,  they were just asking my mom questions about the timing of it all. .. they said since he got the Epi that there wasn't much else they could do.  They offered to take him to the ER in the ambulance,  but I decided to just take him myself.   They were gracious enough to follow us to the hospital but it was only 2 miles away.  When we got there,  they did the usual; checked his oxygen and gave him steroids and Benadryl and just a bunch of observation.  We watched Finding Nemo and he played with a Potato Head puzzle on the wall.  The swelling and hives went down a lot faster because of the Epi,  so after 2 hours they released him.  He was so wiped out,  he passed out on the 2 mile ride home.

I hope and pray that we will never need to go through this again,  but I know it is bound to happen.  It's a scary thing,  but sticking to our allergy plan this time made decision making very easy.  We will be removing all nut products from the house :(. He is all better now,  thank God.  Tshe pictures were from the end of the night when he was looking much better.  I didn't even think of pictures when he was in trouble. He was having fun taking pictures of himself in the hospital bed :).