How many have had to inject the epi to someone or self?

Renee, I have injected my son twice. The first time in the ER with the Dr and nurse coaching me. I had been too chicken to do it right away.

I'm glad they did that because the next time I needed to inject him I didn't hesitate.

I have prepared myself to inject my mom twice while en-route to the ER (two separate occasions), but as of yet have not had to do it. I would not hesitate again.

I also trained a friend of mine how to use the epi when I left my son with him. He used that training to inject a boy that came into his shop a couple of months later. He saw the medic-alert and knew what to do.

Renee, I injected my son once. I was scared to death but he was REALLY REACTING and that was more scary so I dove in and did it.

He knew the epipen would help him so he was more interested in feeling better than how much it would hurt.

Peg

I have have used the epi twice on my daughter and it was excellent training, as I've had to use it twice on myself since! (s) I would hesitate even less now that I've used it because it didn't even hurt, and I'm usually very wussy about shots.

Kay

Oh, yeah, and when I had to use it on my daughter I've never been more focused and deliberate in my life. Even in an emergency -- or maybe because of the emergency -- the instincts do kick in.

Kay

We had to use one epipen only once on Ryan. I really wasn't that nervous about using it, except for first-time jitters.

[This message has been edited by ryan's mom (edited April 23, 2003).]