I was just bragging the other day to a friend that Levi has been ER free for over a year now.  She told me to knock on wood….but I didn’t.  Everyone who knows Levi and his history with the Emergency Room can now join me in a collective sigh.

Exhibit A

Exhibit A is an EPI pen case with an unused EPI pen in it.  Reagan and Cade have to have one of these with them wherever they go because they are allergic to nuts. (Cade is probably not anymore, but that is a post for another day)  I keep one of these EPI pens in my purse, in the Sunday bag, and in the kitchen.  I get to freak babysitters and grandparents out when I explain to them the procedure for using one.  It’s a really big needle full of epinephrine that you stick into the child’s thigh if they go into anaphylactic shock.  The look of terror on the would be babysitter’s face is always fun to watch.

Exhibit B

Exhibit B is an empty EPI pen case.  There is no EPI pen in this one because curious little Levi was missing the ER nurses and decided to get into Mom’s purse today, pull out the EPI pen and stick himself with it-all the way through his thumb.  After lots of blood and screaming (from Levi and Mom) Rock took him to the ER.  We didn’t know what kind of effect the Epinephrine would have on his little body, especially because it was Reagan’s adult dose EPI. 

Exhibit C

Exhibit C is Levi, $75 whopping dollars later, home from the ER and none the worse for wear.  Doesn’t even need a bandaid! He didn’t get any of the medicine into his body (or it would have turned his finger white-we now know) If you have really good eyes you can see the tiny bruise on his thumb that was left by the needle. 

Ironically enough, I’ve been thinking I need to teach Reagan how to give himself the EPI pen if he ever needs it, now that he’s old enough.  Now I can just have Levi show him how!  Thank goodness you’re around to keep life interesting, Levi.  It was getting a little dull around here.