The weekend we hope to never relive

We had a weekend we don't ever want to relive

Parker started allergy shots back in October

He has been a patient at Town Square Allergy and Asthma Clinic for about 5 years now

Last spring his allergies were out of this world awful and we finally gave in to the shot business

The shots are administered at Parker's regular doctors office so we don't have to drive to IC weekly

A patient starting allergy shots can get a shot every 3 days

We have the insurance from #%&&,

so we have to pay a $25 copay every time he gets a shot so we are spreading them out

We know it will take longer to get through the whole shot process (like years and years)

but this is what we decided was best for us

My mom has been AMAZING helping take Parker so he doesn't have to miss so much school

On Friday, Parker had a shot at 4:00

They gave him the shot, sent him out, checked his arm after 30 minutes and sent him on his way

The nurse commented that they were starting a new bottle and he may need some Benadryl

My mom dropped Parker off at home with the hubby and told him to give him some Benadryl
My hubby, being the man he is just put some Benadryl cream on the injection site

By the time I got home shortly after 5, we had some serious issues going on

Parker was breaking out in a rash, his arm was painful, itching, red and hot and he was coughing

These are not the normal reactions from an allergy shot

I gave him Benadryl and had him use his inhaler

I tried to remain calm but when your baby is having a reaction that's effecting his airway,

this mama had every right to become a hot mess and trust me, I was

I called my mom in a panic and she ran us some Zantac

{Zantac and Zyrtec are often used together to treat allergic reactions}
While my mom was dropping off the medicine, she asked if Parker had said anything about the shot
In the doctors office, Parker told my mom that he felt like he got more medicine than normal
and my mom said it took the nurse longer to put it in than normal
{With him starting a new bottle, he should have received the smallest dose}

We did what was needed to keep him comfortable the rest of the night

He was pretty sleepy from all the meds and we let him fall asleep on the couch


On Saturday the rash and his breathing were better but his arm was huge and painful
At 7:00 that night I called my mom to ask if we had maxed out our meds for the day
I'm always hesitant to give him meds when he takes so much already
My mom asked if he had a fever
He didn't act like it but we scanned his forehead and wouldn't you know it,
he had a bit of a fever
My mom had seen his arm earlier that day and was starting to worry about infection
We took off hoping Urgent Care was still open but it wasn't
Our plan was to be waiting at the door when they opened Sunday morning
but when he got up, his arm looked and felt much better


I've spent the last couple of days having medical records transferred in hopes of figuring this out
We will be going back up to IC next week with the bottle of serum
They will be measuring out his doses to see if he was given too much
He was supposed to have 500th of a cc but they think he may have been given .5 (half) a cc
If this isn't the case, maybe his body just wasn't ready for the dose he was given
IC will be making him new serum which will back him down a little bit but we'll still be on track


Through all of this, I've felt every emotion
No mother wants to see her child struggle to breathe
No mother wants to see her child in pain
I still question whether we made the right decision to do allergy shots
We've had scary situations from allergic reactions before and now we've had them from the shots
Right now, I feel like it's a no win but someday we hope to say it was worth it


Parker was absolute trooper through the whole thing
The boy just amazes me!

This picture was from my phone so it wasn't the best
We kept telling him he had big muscles

I will write an updated post next week after we see his doctor in IC