He's allergic to what?
Well, we found out the hard way today that Micah is allergic to cashews! Zac was eating nuts and shared one (1) with Micah. Micah started rubbing his nose and asked for a drink of water but didn't seem to have anything wrong with him. We needed to run an errand for the last part of a Christmas present and were about 15 minutes from home when he started coughing and throwing up in my new car! Of course he started crying after getting sick and we turned around and headed back home. By the time we got home and I could check him out, he was breaking into hives on his face and his mouth was starting to swell. We made the decision that I would take him to ER to make sure he was okay. We put his backup car seat in Zac's car and off Micah & I go. He got sick a few more times in Zac's car and he face was covered in hives and his eyes were swollen by the time we got there. They immediately checked his blood oxygen level, which was 95% so we waited a few minutes until they called us back. By this time the Benadryl I had given before we left home was working and the swelling was going down. We saw the doctor and they gave him Epinephrine to help the reaction. They listened to his breathing and were pleased with how he sounded. We were sent home with an official diagnosis of Hives from an allergic reaction to cashews. We're supposed to give Benadryl for the next 3 days and if the rash doesn't get better or gets worse again they gave us a prescription for a steroid.
He seems to be his old self again, we're thankful that he is better and it didn't turn out any worse. All this craziness happened from ONE cashew, thank you God that Zac only gave him one. We're headed to Dallas tomorrow to start our visiting with friends and family and our early Christmas celebrating...we're all so excited!!





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