Friday, June 26, 2009

What do you mean you won't use the EpiPen!?

My husband took little man to daycare this morning like he has pretty much everyday for the past two months. We've been really happy with the daycare we chose and the women who care for him in the infant room are really like having three extra grandma's. But, this morning one of them told my husband that they had first aid training last night and there were concerns about epi pens doing damage to a babies heart and so they may be giving it back to us. What!?!? An allergic reaction can do serious damage too!! So we called the owner to get more information and thankfully, the other woman had it wrong. Apparently three kids have been diagnosed with allergies just this week in addition to a few others that they already knew about and they're running into a situation where each family has different expectations. They want to standardize it and plan to administer benedryl first, then call 911 and give the epi pen if absolutely necessary, and also call the parents. We were fine with that but, man, did they have us worried for a few minutes. I'm sure this was just the first of many times that we will need to be his advocate to make sure that he's as safe as possible.

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