adrenaline pumping

my last post was about milk pumping, this post is about why my adrenaline is still pumping as I type this...

I mostly think allergies are silly. overrated. one doctor tells you not to feed your baby this or that until they're this age, another says, eh, whatever. we have heard things all across the board, but most people agree there's research on both sides. so my theory has been, if there's research on both sides, let's go with the easy route. but blake has been more on the side of our current doc who says no nuts or eggs until they're 1 and no honey until 2. so fine. we have tried to avoid those three things, but I have been looking forward to their birthdays and giving them nuts and eggs.

today is their bday party, so as we were making ourselves omelets this morning, I said, oh, let's give them some. blake said okay, a couple days doesn't make a difference (they are 3 and 4 days away from their actual bdays). so we fed them some of our omelets.

about 15 minutes later blake said, look at ethan's face. (yes, of course ethan, our kid who seems to react to everything - obvious in retrospect, right?) the skin above and below his eye was all red, like his cheek rash had spread up there. so we called the consulting nurse. since it wasn't that bad and he was acting normally, and it was going away as we talked to her, etc etc, she said to wash his face, that it might be a skin/contact allergy to the eggs (like he rubbed them on the skin near his eyes, which is likely) and to not give him eggs for a couple months.

great.

but you know, that's not the end of the world, so we washed his face and then gave him a whole all-over bath, and then put him and kaylee down for their naps.

about 20-30 minutes later, ethan woke up from his nap, which is way too early. we let him fuss for a bit, then we got him up. he was cranky, but his nap wasn't long enough so that wasn't a surprise. at one point blake handed him to me and I thought he was pretty hot, but neither of us was sure if he was actually hot or just worked up and fussy. blake put him in the carrier and tried to get him to calm down (which usually works) and was going to take him to the grocery store for distraction and errand-running. but then one of us decided we should just call the consulting nurse again. just to be safe, you know? so I tried to give him a bottle while blake called and while he was on hold ethan seemed to have trouble breathing. so we hung up, had a super fast discussion about calling 911 instead, decided taking him to the ER ourselves would be faster, so blake took him and ran him across the street (on foot) to Evergreen Hospital. I am going to love our new house, but I am so thankful that today we're still in our current house as Evergreen is SO close. I bet blake was out our door and into their doors in 3 minutes. it would have taken longer to explain our situation over the phone or to put him in and out of his carseat.

I don't know the play-by-play after that, but I called a few minutes later and blake said they'd given Ethan some shots and he was breathing normally again and would be fine (and he weighs 20 lbs today). Now they're just hanging out there, waiting for ethan to turn normal colored again (he was all red), and then they'll dismiss him. kaylee and I are at home playing peek-a-boo (and blogging).

allergy doc appts and modified diets await us, but all is well.

other also important updates:

• Evan and Alyssa are married! their wedding was fantastic, but since most of you blog readers were there and I don't have any pics, I prob won't blog about it. but I am so happy for them and thrilled to have gained another sister. :)
• I have the best friends ever. they have helped SO much with all the wedding-related things and now they're going to help today w/ the bday party (which is still happening at this point). they are just the best. the best the best the best. I'm so grateful for them.