After you watch this video regarding this young boy’s delayed reaction to taking a bite of a peanut product, you might understand why doctors say do not delay giving epinephrine. My children’s allergist instructs us that if an allergen has been digested, give epinephrine (an EpiPen® auto-injector or Auvi-Q® auto-injector) immediately, even if no symptoms are presenting…yet. Just for grins, ask your doctor about when to give epinephrine and what is the down side of delaying the medication. This story ended well, but not with this boy almost dying.
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These parents are saving lives by sharing this story with us. Lessons learned help us all.
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One of the hardest things I find about managing both life threatening food allergies and asthma is talking to others. I hate to be the one that might be perceived as demanding, pushing or for asking too much. What I now know, fourteen years later, is that honest, clear information presented with kindness works!..
How scary! Putting this under my Life Saving Anaphylaxis Info. I’m so glad that he survived, and I pray that his story can help save lives!
Julie, what a blessing he survived. That one photo of him in the hospital was hard to look at and what a blessing that he crashed there!
Agreed on all accounts! I choked up watching that.
I need to say thank you for sharing this! I will admit that I (once) hesitated and did not use an EpiPen and I am thankful that all turned out ok. But this puts things into perspective. Also shared on my Facebook page so others can learn from it as well.
Nutrimom, a great lesson to be learned! I’m so thankfully he recovered! I can’t begin to imagine what his parents felt.
I was always told for me to give myself epinephrine and then to go to the hospital waiting room. If things didn’t get worse in an hour to go home. However, if things progressed even with the epi-pen I would already be in the hospital. For me the reactions would happen and then I would realize that I might be allergic to the food.
I carry not only an epi-pen but also a vial of histamine (my specific dose to stop my body from producing too much). Histamine is my first choice because it doesn’t cause the racing heart and doesn’t have the side effects. However, epinephrine is always with me just in case.
Kathryn,
Our doctor said to ask to wait for 4-8 hours at the ER. As always, check in with your doctor. Information changes for them too!
Wow. Praise God he is okay. I too have hesitated while waiting on an ambulance. At that time I was told to only give the Epi if my child started having trouble breathing. I now know that it may be too late at that point. Thankful that I have continued to arm myself with everything I can learn about food allergies and anaphylaxis. Knowledge is power!
You are sooooo right! Knowledge is power. Thank God the story had a happy ending.
Holy Crapshoot Caroline!! Lesson learned… I want to post this video on my FB site… Thank you as always for the education.
Kelly, this is such an important lesson to head to the ER and give epinephrine. Thank God the little boy is okay!
An eye opening and valuable lesson! Thank goodness this little person survived. We posted this on Epi-Essentials FB page for anyone ever considering delaying epinephrine after ingesting a known allergen. (
This video and your incredibly informative blog, Caroline, is also going to our daughter’s new school nurse!)
Thank you for sharing…
Dana
Dana, Reality helps! Glad you shared on Epi-Essentials too!
Thank you for sharing this clip. I’m so glad he is okay. I can never view these stories without crying.
Kirsten, It was soooo hard to look at the photo of him in bed.