We had yet another scary experience last night with Ryan. For those of you that know him, you know he has allergies to several things, but he's mostly allergic to nuts. The worst is peanuts. We had a very close call with peanuts a few years ago--he was in the emergency room and the medicine wasn't working so they had to life-flight him to another hospital and keet him in ICU all night. It has traumatized me and I am super paranoid about him all the time.
Well, according to his last allergy testing, walnuts are the second worst for him. So yesterday, I made some frozen pizzas for dinner, and Ryan ate some and quickly got up to check the box. When he said "there's walmuts in this pizza," I panicked, grabbed Cecily, told Ryan to get in the car, and we rushed to the hospital. He used his epipen on the way over- stabbed himself in the leg with it, and he took a few benadryl. He was fine, they only gave him a dose of benadryl in an IV, they didn't even have to give him more epinephrine and the itching went away within about 15 minutes after we got there. His breathing never felt restricted for him, so it was all ok.
But these experiences always kind of wake you up ya know? He really can die from this allergy, so when it starts to affect him, I always think of how close I am to losing him. I don't know a better way to appreciate someone than to feel like you're gonna lose them. So that's why I'm posting this. Even though I know I'm gonna get a phone call from a very worried mother-in-law wanting to know all the details (Chris, I'm so sorry, it was a basil pesto pizza!!! Who would have thought?!?)---but I just thought it would give everyone who reads it a chance to think about all the things you really love about your spouse, and the things you just couldn't live without...instead of thinking of how he leaves his shoes all over the house, or whatever. This really puts into perspective what the "small stuff" is, and not to sweat it!!
I love you Ryan, and I promise not to feed you secret walnut pizza again, cuz I want to keep you around. I love how you make me laugh, how you play with my hair when I can't sleep, how you are the cutest, sweetest dad in the world, and I couldn't live without you!!!
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Scary stuff. I'm glad everything was ok. My husband is diabetic and has been since he was a kid. It is way scary and I worry about it a lot.
And by the way, whoever heard of walnut pizza???
Oh my word!!! I am glad he is okay!! You are so sweet Kat! You are a good wife!
Aw, that was so sweet! It made me feel bad that my husband is being a total jerk tonight :(
I can't believe how allergic he is! Wow, that is soooo scary! I would be totally paranoid too. Good thing you guys acted fast. I'm glad he is ok!
Yikes, I'm so glad everything turned out okay. (We'd like to keep him around for awhile too!)
If there is anyone who knows how many nuts can be hidden in things
(and no I am not talking about our family!)it's me. But Pizza?!? That is ridiculous especially in this day and age when there are so many allergies. Thank you Kathryn for getting him the help and taking good care of him and especially for loving him so much. That's everything I could hope for! I can so very much empathize as I have been there many times. Love you! P.S. Thanks for posting the good results. Now I can go on to worry about someone or something else!! I figure if I am going to do it , I might as well perfect it!
Oh my gosh Kat that is really scary! I'm glad it turned out okay and he's alright(you really do have an extra worry,ha). It really is so true how when you almost or actually do lose someone you realize suddenly all the many things you love and adore about them!
I didn't have a scare like that or anything, but just watching depressing, sappy movies make me realize how much I love my spouse and couldn't live without him! I watched P.S. I Love You the other day, bawled through the whole thing and stressed about what I would do if I ever lost Randy. It's so true to not sweat the small stuff, life is so much more enjoyable when you're not fighting or bickering all the time! Well I'm glad Ryan's ok, try not to poison him again alright? Hehe.
I haven't even had the chance to meet you, but I know Ryan...he was my home teacher at BYU & I married his companion! Regardless, I had to leave a comment. I know exactly what you mean about coming to recognize the "small stuff". My husband is deployed, and I've come to miss not only him, but even his annoying habits. God definitely has a way of refocusing our vision occasionally. Hope to meet you soon!
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