Indiana Jones, a Skunk and a Hospital!!

We had a lot of fun on Halloween. Gavin was so excited to dress up as Indiana Jones (even though he has never seen the movie) and Nolen was a skunk (the same thing Gav was a few years ago). Nolen quickly got the hang of the trick or treating thing. Everything was going great UNTIL we were almost back to our house. It was pretty much dark by now and one of our neighbors had given the boys m&m's in a little pumpkin bag that wasn't sealed (which were going to go straight to the garbage when we got home--we don't do open candy). As you may recall from a previous post, Gavin is allergic to milk. Well, 2 m&m's (yes...just 2) fell out of his little treat bag and he thought they were skittles and picked them up and ate them. Let's just say it was one of the scariest things we have been through....EVER! Almost immediately, he began coughing...then breathing wierd, then throwing up. We threw the boys in the car and rushed to the hospital. Every inch of his skin was as red as you can possibly imagine. We got to the hospital and he was given a steroid and benadryl (he swallowed a pill cause they were out of liquid...I was so proud of my 3 year old swallowing a pill like a big boy). He settled down and quickly returned to his normal energetic, talkative self. He absolutely loved the Doctor (who brought him skittles..since that's what he thought he was eating before). It made me realize just how serious this whole milk allergy thing really is. That is something that I never want to experience again. Halloween was SCARY for us this year.....