Not dead. \o/

[sofiaviolet]

I had a nice nasty allergic reaction to something in my curry and wound up itchy as fuck and more or less unable to breathe in the middle of Chinatown. I freaked out a little - Dad was being awfully calm with the 911 operator and I screamed "anaphylactic shock!" a couple of times with what little air I could get into my lungs in the hope they'd send a fucking ambulance already.

I wound up in the hospital, more or less recovered within a couple of hours (although the fuckers kept me until nine and I was bored enough to whip out my computer and play umpteen games of solitaire and sudoku).

We have no idea what it was that I'm now horrendously allergic to. Possibly peanuts; they're made me puke in the past. Allergy tests when I go home at Christmas. I can has epi pen now.

ETA: They spelled my last name wrong, wtf.

Comments

[zillahseye.livejournal.com]

OMG ack! *pets you* *gives epipen*

[sofiaviolet]

I'm more annoyed than freaked out, tbqh. It's like, ...fuck.

[lemmealone.livejournal.com]

YIKE. Although, I hear epi pens are the new black these days. ;)

[sofiaviolet]

Eh, the whole not-breathing thing was the worst part. The rest of it was boring and/or bizarre.

[bydaylight.livejournal.com]

Ugh, allergies. Hope you're all better now and YAY! epi pen :D

[sofiaviolet]

Yeah, all better. I'm definitely the least worried person in my whole family.

[insunshine.livejournal.com]

Oh man, that's terrifying.

I'm glad you're OK now.

[sofiaviolet]

I was freaking out while I couldn't breathe but calmed down like whoa once the ambulance got there and then the rest of the way down once the drugs started working.

I had the shakes for an hour, though. That was a little weird.

[besquared.livejournal.com]

i'm glad you made it through! allergic reactions are scary.

[sofiaviolet]

Once I heard the sirens, I wasn't realy scared any more. But the minutes between when the ambulance(s, they sent two, fuck knows why) showed up and when my rib cage started to feel fused together were pretty bad.

[arrowwhiskers.livejournal.com]

o_O Yikes, that's awful! I'm glad you're okay, though.

And I hope they find out what caused it o.O;

[sofiaviolet]

I'm getting tests when I go back to New Orleans - I've got to take a whole bunch of things for five days (benadryl, prednisone, and [wtf, srsly] pepcid) and then the allergy test won't work right for ten days after I stop taking all that shit.

[nasus221.livejournal.com]

You screaming "anaphylactic shock!" would be kind of funny if it wasn't a completely scary situation. Glad you're okay now!

[sofiaviolet]

Oh, in retrospect it's fucking hilarious.

[looneyluna.livejournal.com]

That sounds like my peanut allergy. I either can't breathe or I itch and puke. *passes the epipen*

[sofiaviolet]

Ahaha, lovely.

[warmingweather.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! How scary. D: I hope you're feeling better.

[sofiaviolet]

All better. I was a little tired today, that's all.

[book-of-calm.livejournal.com]

Well, you know, they were probably trying to make sure you wouldn't have any secondary shock. Boo on food allergies! :( :( :( I am glad you're okay. *hugs*

On the other hand, you now have, um, valuable first-hand experiential knowledge in case you ever need to write a story where someone goes into anaphylactic shock? Always look on the briiiight side of life, doo doo, etc.

[sofiaviolet]

It took the doctor a whole hour longer than he'd said to get back to me. If they had wanted to keep me overnight I would have demanded an ethernet cable and/or enough sleeping pills to knock me flat out for twelve hours. I am usually pretty good at keeping myself entertained, but when I'm bored, I am a menace.