All in a day's work

Today is Friday. I haven't worked out, at the gym, all week . I feel completely off schedule and anxious. I hate NOT exercising. I am one of those people who seriously need to exercise inorder to release endorphins or I get kind of onery. Anyway....Selina called at 9:00 this morning because Bella had a comb stuck, (well not just stuck but wrapped, wedged, tangled, etc) in her hair. Since our hairdresser goes to the same gym as I do, she was hoping I would relay the hair crisis to her and she could squeeze Bella in for an appointment. I reminded my good, very good friend, who must suffer from short term memory loss, that I was still injured and passing on gym attendance today, as I had done all week. BUT I offered to come over and see if I could help.

I have no idea how Bella manage to tanlge her hair up in such a mess BUT I was able to free her hair from the comb's grasp. I was the hero for the second.

After I saved Bella's hair I headed off to my chiropractor's appointment. On the counter he had displayed salt water taffy- YUMMY! I could eat a whole bag of salt water taffy. After my adjustment I had a piece, or two or three and then gave Quincy and Trey each a piece. Trey has severe food allergies and I am beyond diligent about what goes into his mouth. Salt water taffy- innocent right? just loads and loads of sugar, right? Well Trey had one tiny little piece and on the way home (approx 3 minutes after he ate his taffy)I noticed he was itching like crazy. I couldn't imagine what was in the taffy that would cause a reaction. I thought maybe the taffy contained some butter and he was reacting to that (he's allergic to peanuts, eggs, cats, dogs, dairy and wheat). As soon as we got home I gave him some benedryl and laid him down. 1/2 later, when I went to check on him, I found him still awake, covered in hives from head to toe but breathing fine (thank goodness). I called the chiropractor and got the ingredients of the taffy-only to find out that one of the ingredients was EGG WHITES! Oh my gosh. He's severly allergic to eggs and nuts! I can't believe I didn't ask for the ingredients before I gave him a piece. I gave him more benedryl and debated whether or not to take him to the ER. Since he was breathing fine I didn't think there was anything they could do for him that I hadn't already done. His pediatrician's office was closed for lunch so I called my pharmacist brother and asked his opinion. He advised me wait and give the benedryl a chance to kick in, as long as Trey was breathing fine. The benedryl finally kicked in and now he's asleep in his crib.

I took a pic of his leg- the hives look like that from head to toe. Poor little guy. Lesson learned. I will NEVER give him ANYTHING without verifying the ingredients