We had been told by our pediatrician that once Noelle turned 3 we could introduce peanuts to her, so we decided that today was the day. At lunch she ate about a teaspoon of peanut butter and things quickly turned south. Immediately she said, "my tongue hurts" and began coughing a lot. Those were good signs that something wasn't right, but we knew for sure there was a problem when her lips began to swell, her ears turned red, and her face became splotchy. She wasn't as bad as Hitch, but there was definitely some concern.
We gave her some Benadryl, and then she began throwing up (a LOT) a few minutes later. We were able to get her in to the doctor pretty quickly, and he prescribed her some steroids. We're also now the proud owners of an EpiPen, though the doctor doesn't think we'll ever have to use it. Many people have much more severe reactions to peanuts than Noelle did. Even though her reaction sounds bad, we're very thankful that it's not worse than it was.
2 comments:
Poor Noelle! Peanut allergies can be scary stuff!
My sister uses Sunbutter (sunflower seed butter) instead of peanut butter for Tate. It still feels like a pb&j:)
Thanks for the tip! Stuff like that is always helpful, and makes me feel like Noelle is a little less deprived. Poor thing can't have a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup!!! Maybe I can make a close match with that stuff. :-)
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