What a week it was this week. It was a rollercoaster of emotions so since I like hearing bad news first I will start there. On Monday, Dan was eating banana and peanut butter and he offered some peanut butter to Scott (9 months) but Scott refused to eat the peanut butter so Dan ate that part and Scott ate the banana. They took turns taking bites when we noticed Scott kept scratching his face, next thing you know he was turning red and he had hives. He was breathing fine so I called the Triage nurse and explained everything. I had washed Scott’s face and hands and while on the phone his itching stopped and the redness and hives went away. It all happened in less than 30 min but it was super scary. The nurse scheduled an appointment with our regular doctor for the following day and he had blood drawn to find out what he is allergic to. We found out on Thursday he is allergic to mostly eggs, peanuts, and a slight allergy to bananas. We picked up his epi pen and are now waiting to hear back from the allergist on what to do next. I am so thankful he didn’t consume any of the peanut butter and count us very lucky but since no one in our families have any food allergies we hope to become more educated on what to do. For now the obvious, no peanuts in the house and since he has consumed eggs with no break out we aren’t going to give him anymore eggs but I will still make eggs for the rest of the boys since they love eating eggs in the morning.
On a side thought, we have all been practicing using the epi pen in case of an emergency so we all know exactly what to do. I was shocked to see that if I didn’t have insurance the pen would have cost me $340!!! Thank goodness I have insurance so it cost me $20 but man that is extortion and really hard to think about people having to choose between paying for a bill or paying to save themselves or their kid. I am going to research more on the cost of this and in typical me form I am going to email to see what campaign or petition I can sign or really what can I do to see the price of this life saving medicine get lowered because this should not cost this much.
That was all my bad news of this week so not too bad but definitely going to change our lives.
The rest of the week went fine and I was able to get 2 lunches with Dan and enjoy some alone time. We had our first lunch at El Burrito Mercado. I had to pick up my favorite tortillas that for some reason are only sold there so since I had that errand anyway we decided to get lunch there too. Dan got the tacos and I got the Gorditas. Sadly, we got there too late and all the kids’ favorite sweet bread was all sold out but I did get to pick up some tamales and random spices I needed.
Our second lunch today was at a local place called Woodbury Cafe it was really breakfast and so yummy! We are very lucky to have my oldest home both days to watch the baby while he napped. We have also been extremely lucky that when we put the baby down for a nap and leave, he is still sleeping when we come back.
This week we also found out my oldest will be going back to school in person after spring break! He is very excited but will miss sleeping in. He will be going 4 days a week with shortened hours but he is very happy to be able to see all of his friends again. Out of my kids he is definitely the most social and thrives on being around people. This past year has been so hard on him with no social interaction and even with the hybrid set up it wasn’t enough so we are very happy he will be back.
To end my week, I also got my Amazon gum delivery. I don’t know why it is so hard to find Rain-Blo bubble gum at stores/gas stations but thank goodness for Amazon. I absolutely love candy, but most of all bubble gum! I especially love gum balls and I do get sad from chewing Double Bubble because it gets so hard so fast and the flavor goes away almost instantly, I am so happy I have my Rain-Blo again. I do wish it came with the yellow-orange with red spots gum ball but beggars can’t be choosers and I love how chewy it stays and how the sugar still lasts after multiple gum popping. I can almost hear my dad yelling at me for snapping my gum like a “woman of the night” LOLOLOLOLOL. I still don’t have the confidence to snap bubbles in public but I love how freeing it is at my home without my parents judging me.
I also went to Target and while picking up some Easter basket fillers for the kids I found my only caramel candy I like in single packets. I have never liked caramel but I have an exception and love Caramello. It also brings back the happy memories of my older brother working at Cub Foods and one time I complained I was hungry he gave me his Caramello and eating it at 11pm at night at age 8 was everything! This particular brother doesn’t really share in general and imagine my surprise he just handed me this candy bar! I was smart to not complain about not liking caramel and to this day sometimes he will randomly hand me a Caramello candy bar.
We don’t have much planned this weekend so I will see where that takes us….
Adventures of Janet 