The Epi-Pen is Your Friend.....

Both of our girls have severe allergy issues. Yesterday, Justine had a pretty serious allergic reaction when she inadvertently ate a mango. Luckily, she made it to the hospital in time. I had been nagging her about keeping her epi-pen with her at all times, so hopefully this will convince her. Thank goodness she's ok! Here she is in her apres allergy glory, no need for botox here! We love you Juss and are so grateful you're fine!

Emma, on the other hand, is allergic to shrimp (what she ate before this reaction), most seafood, and tree nuts. Needless to say, we always have an epi-pen on hand for our girls! I couldn't end this post without mentioning Colter's unfortunate run-in with the epi-pen. This summer, he was playing around with Emma's and shot himself in the thumb! He ran outside, screaming, with blood pouring out of his finger! I immediately called 911, and tried to calm him down. The paramedics and the ambulance (and some of the neighbors!) came and they deemed that he was fine. They suggested that I call our pediatrician, who told us he would be fine, but full of adrenaline. To this day whenever we take him in they say "bet you'll never do THAT again"!