This week was, quite literally, a life of scratch. Poor Tater Tot picked up a towel that had been on the ground outside of our house, and spent the day in the ER as a result. I get so many askance looks and raised eyebrows when I mention that my kid has a peanut allergy, and I do get that. There are people out there who say "allergy" when it's not. But I think touching microscopic peanut shell molecules and ending up in the ER on loads of drugs to keep your airways from closing qualifies you for the allergy label.
As usual, she came away from it all recovered and more happy than not. After all, she got to sit in a mechanical bed, watching cartoons while the nurses catered to her every culinary whim for hours on end. I however, came away feeling more shaken that usual. If we can have a reaction like that without actually ingesting the little death nuts...
Being a mom of a special kid is always challenging. One of the challenges is raising our kids so that they don't turn out to be neurotic, paranoid lunatics. (Come to think of it, isn't that the challenge of raising any kid?) With all her health challenges, I want her to be careful and thoughtful, but not have issues because of them. After this little episode though, I'm having a tough time not feeling over-protective and paranoid. Life is fragile. Being reminded of that this week, looking into her puffy, blotchy little face, I think I may turn out to be a neurotic, paranoid lunatic after all.
You and Jeremy are doing a great job of raising your kids! I'm so glad that M. has such an awareness of her allergies and continues to watch out for herself. I'm looking forward to the day when she can use her Epy pen by herself - less anxiety for you! LOVE my grandkids and you and Jeremy!
ReplyDeleteHa ha! Thanks! Can you imagine her using an epi by herself?! Aaugh! Totally freaks me out thinking about it! She does practice with a fake, training epi all the time, and that freaks me out every time I see her do it. Maybe I'm just easily freak-out-able.
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