Several months ago on a lovely, sunny Saturday afternoon, I fatefully bit into Mommy’s reamnants of a Columbia City Bakery cookie that contained, among other ingredients, walnuts.  Yes, walnuts.  These aforementioned walnuts callously contributed to yours truly breaking out in hives and a SERIOUSLY agitated epiduras.

Hey, no sweat:  It wudn’t nuthin’ a trip to Group Health’s Urgent Care couldnt get sorted.  Or perhaps a trip to Maui if my parents had their SHIZZ one notch more togethta.  But I digress… As a result of our scare, we made a trip to the allergist to see what’s up. Here are a couple images from the day:

Pet dander, grass, birch and alder tree pollen and nuts are all allergens. Cashews (number 23) are the worst followed immediately by pecans and walnuts. We now carry two EpiPens.

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