Jasmine had her second allergy testing today. We waited 3 months for this appointment, so we can do a prick-test and find out if Jasmine is really allergic to any foods. As it turns out, Jasmine was really sensitive to egg and peanuts. Poor girl, they pricked her back and she had these large welts. Immediately after the prick, Jasmine became very itchy and was scratching herself non-stop.
Because of the size of the welts, we were informed that Jasmine can be potentially fatally allergic to these items, so now we have to carry an epipen with us at all times (in case she gets in contact with these items and has anaphylaxia). It's basically a tool used to inject epinephrine into the body when you have cardiac arrest (opens up your airway so that you can breathe). Scary stuff.
That same day, we also visited the emergency room, to have some x-rays scanned of Jasmine's head. The doc was concerned with her odd bruising around the eyes after her nasty fall a few days ago. Jasmine had bruising along the sides of both her eyes (like panda eyes) even though she had hit her head in the forehead region. After a long 6 hour wait, the results came back negative. Deep down, I knew Jasmine was fine but better safe than sorry.
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