Reaction To Shot

Tuesday is Avery's allergy shot day, she has been getting allergy shots since last Spring and never had any severe reactions until tonight. We were waiting our 20 minutes that we have to wait (i'm now very thankful for that rule) and she said "my arm hurts mommy" i looked and it was all welted up but she has had a couple where she has had a skin reaction before so didn't think too much of it- i then noticed she started coughing more and more and was itching all over her chest area and arms and face constantly- it all started happening very fast- i told her i was going to ask the nurse for a antihistamine and she started crying, didn't want me too- i noticed then that she was wheezing and that her whole face was splotchy and she just didn't look or act right so i quickly told the nurse that i thought something was going on. She immediately tied bands on her arms and quickly took her back to the allergist. Her oxygen level was lower than it should be and they very quickly gave her an epinephrine shot and started a breathing treatment. They also gave her a dose of Orapred, allegra and singulair and kept checking her pulse and oxygen levels. Her color went back to normal after about 15-20 minutes and she stopped coughing and the itching was under control so they just kept her to watch her for another 20 minutes or so before they sent us home. Her poor little arms were completely purple before they were able to take the bands off, the nurse said"don't let that scare you"-it was freaking me out a little bit and my face must have shown that. I am to give her breathing treatments every 4-6 hrs tonight regardless if she needs it or not through the night. She is sacked out- they said she probably would or else not be able to sleep with all the mix of drugs. It was scary for mommy and for Avery too, but now i know what a reaction is like and i also now see the high importance of why we carry our epi pen with us anywhere we go on Tuesday evenings. I made Avery promise me that she would tell me if she was feeling that way ever again and how important it is that we get help if she does (the nurse stressed this to her as well) because she never wants anyone to know she is feeling bad. They will be dropping her shot dose back down a bit next week obviously and mommy will probably be a bit paranoid for the next couple of weeks when we get shots. She was such a brave girl, i was so proud of her.