Europhile: C'est ma vie!

Grading with an Epi-Pen

Well, hello there.

I had a little adventure last night, though not really by preference. Apparently I'm allergic to something. It's either school, home, kitchen, some spice, gyros from "It's Greek to Me," apples, Columbia bread, cayenne pepper, cheap Trader Joe's Garbanzo Beans, a bad batch of basil, or, or ... I don't know.

Looking back, it was a bit scary, though I didn't necessarily feel it at the time. Over the course of an hour, my breathing became quite labored and my eyes puffed up to the point of looking simply awful. Thankfully, my friends Jon and Liz were coming over for dinner, but when they saw me, it was decided I should go to the hospital. I was epi-penned, benadryled, stuck with air tubes, and made to breathe funky stuff... man. I am fine now, a little puffy around the eyes still. But mostly apprehensive, since the offending substance may still be somewhere in my house, and I've yet to learn what it is.

Next post will be less of a downer, I promise! On the plus side, carrying an epi-pen around is neat, in an abstract kind of way. Knowing that I can always just stick myself in the leg, just like they do in movies with stars like Harrison Ford. Yeah.

posted by europhile @ 16:14