Allergy shot update

Last week I wrote a post about Parker's scary reaction to an allergy shot 

Here's that post 

Here's the update:

After talking to his Dr. and nurse in IC, we all decided it would be good for him to be seen up there

before we continued any more shots here in Muscatine

Parker and I made the trip last Thursday 

We saw his doctor, we explained everything that happened and

 we showed pictures of his swollen arm and the hives that covered his back, chest and neck

I took the bottle of serum that they had taken the shot from with us

The nurse was going to measure out each dose to see if he was given more than he should have been

They were short staffed due to two nurses having babies the same week  so that didn't happen

Parker's doctor held up a bottle that was missing one dose (.05) and Parker's bottle

There was a noticeable difference in the amounts

Our guess is that Parker was given .5 instead of .05

When we're putting an allergen in a body, this is serious stuff

I've gone through the emotions

I understand mistakes happen but when I'm putting the health

 and well being of my child in their hands,

I expect the right dose of medicine to be given!

Parker's doctor is fabulous and always asks Parker how he's doing

She faced him and asked him if the reaction was scary

I never in a million years would have expected him to say yes

but he did and my heart broke

She asked him if he wanted to continue to do shots 

and explained that the reaction he had wasn't normal

I didn't want him to feel pressured in any way to keep going with the shots

I was having seconds thoughts myself

Parker decided to continue getting allergy shots

They backed him up a little so we are back to the blue bottle of serum

He got a shot the day we were in IC and had NO reaction

He will get 2 more shots from the blue serum in Muscatine 

( I will be watching the dosage like a hawk)

and then we will be going back up to Iowa City to get the dose that gave him the reaction

His doctor wants to be the one giving that shot in case he has another reaction

There's a small chance that it could be the way that bottle of serum was mixed

or it could be that his body just isn't ready for that dose

but they're guessing he was given too much

I'll be updating again in a few weeks

We couldn't be more proud of Parker, he's such a trooper!