Hi, my son is 2 years old. We were ordering food at a fast food place and my son, along with his 4 year old brother, found a Reece's Pieces left on one of those candy machines. Anyway, he started getting red on his cheeks. I gave him Benadryl. Soon after that, he started coughing and throwing up. I saw an instacare across the street and ran over there. He was already getting blue.
I had an epi but had never used one before and wasn't sure if I had to. Anyway, they gave him an epi, steroids, oxygen, more Benadryl and called an Ambulance to take him to the ER. When we got there they gave him another epi, more steroids, more Benadryl, oxygen, Albuterol and Pulmicort. It was the scariest day of my life! He also has asthma so that made it more difficult to breathe. After 1 hour his whole body was RED! It wouldn't go away. We had to stay there for almost 5 hours, when finally his reaction was controlled we returned home.
Now he is fine but still taking Prednisone and his Albuterol/Pulmicort combination. I was so scared!!!
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Mother of three beautiful kids.
Boy(7) No allergies. Boy(4) Fatal allergy to peanuts and allergic to tree nuts and eggs. Has asthma. Girl(1) Egg, peanut allergy and eczema.
I'm very sorry to hear that your child had such a scary reaction. It's so lucky you were so close to medical help. Do you have an allergist? Did he/she give you a clear, written emergency plan? If not you should get one asap. Our plan would call for giving the epi in the situation you described. Coughing in response to ingestion of an allergen is a very serious symptom and throwing up can be, too. Our plan would call for either of those symptoms individually but other plans count how many body systems are affected. I am so glad your child is OK! (((hugs)))