Mary was apparently bit by a few ants while sitting in our media room. Within a few minutes she was breaking out in hives! It was progressing very fast! We gave her some Benadryl and decided to go to the ER. They immediately took us back and began working. She was given more Benadryl and a steroid. It was a pretty severe reaction so after seeing her pediatrician we have an epipen and a referral to see an allergist.
Update: We saw the allergist. He agreed that this was a very severe reaction. He wants to test Mary for a fire ant allergy so we will do the blood work next week. We now have an epipen and must carry it everywhere we go. So for now we just wait and see but we are prepared just in case she has another encounter with the ants!
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