Friday, February 17, 2012

My trip to the ER

After I got home from the ER I noticed I was having a strange reaction to one of my medications, so I took some benadryl, but it didn't really help much. My face and tongue were swollen and I had little to no control over my mouth movements, it was hard to talk, and I was getting bloody noses. I figured all of this would go away overnight, but it didn't. It had been over 24 hours since I had taken the medication, and I was still reacting to it. The reactions were not as bad as they had been before, but it still freaked me out so I asked my mom what I should do, and she said she would take me back to the ER. When we (my mom, me, and my best friend/roommate Codie) got there I was immediately put in a room and they started and IV drip of benadryl and gave me some Cogentin (sp?) to counteract the side effects I was having. 4 hours later I was feeling much better and they discharged me. Needless to say I am not taking that medication ever again!!

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