Just for Fun!!

Kevin and I headed downtown late this afternoon to chill with Steve for his last night in Streeterville. 

As we got to the north end of Millennium Park, he texted that he was having an allergic reaction to a bag of platelets.  I had Kevin dial his room, I hit the gas, and was soon connected to his nurse on the room phone.  She sounded okay, but Steve sounded like an amphibian.  I was in a total panic and tried to keep myself calm with Kevin in the car.

We parked and scurried to Prentice, where we found Steve to be fine and recovering from the event.  His nurse was not in the room when this happened, and he was able to hit the call button and verbalize what was going on as his throat was closing and his face was ballooning.  By the time Kev and I got here, the left side of his mouth and jaw were pretty big.  Remember the kid in "Mask?"  They had given him 50mg Benedryl and another agent to reverse the situation.  "Pre-meds" are given to patients that need or request them prior to receiving blood or blood products.  Steve never takes the Tylenol nor the Benedryl.  Even with a jillion gallons of O- and bags of platelets, he has only once had a reaction, a very very mild one, and that time he felt "a little puffy" like with seasonal allergies.

So, I guess he thought he would have some fun to keep us on our toes just before discharge.  He has eaten a banana and some pretzels today.  I'm going out soon to find some mashed potatoes or other num nums he might enjoy.  Please hope for a restful night for him and an UNeventful Monday & discharge!  Thanks.