EpiPen

I went to the cupboard the other day to look for some herbs and in the back of the cupboard I found Karen's EpiPen. That reminded me of the allergies that Karen had when we lived in California. It seemed her allergies flared up every time the eucalyptus trees were dropping pollen. We eventually had all the eucalyptus trees removed from our property which helped her breathing quite a bit but she still suffered from a stuffy nose and difficult breathing. She had heard that if you took "bee pollen" in moderate amounts and built up the dose over time, your body would eventually build up an immunity to allergies. She was willing to try anything so the first dose she took of bee pollen showed just how much she was allergic to bees. Her throat almost closed up. Thankfully we had Benadryl on hand. After that, we always kept an EpiPen around too.





By the way, after our move to North Dakota her allergies completely cleared up. She still carried an EpiPen in case of a bee sting, but isn't it great to breath clear, clean North Dakota fresh air all the time? In the summer of 2008, the whole town was plagued with an abundance of wasps. We had so many in our yard that Karen hung wasp traps in our trees and they filled up within days. One day while she was walking in the yard, a couple of wasps started pestering her. Her instinct was to swat at them and before I could tell her to just be still, one of them got her on her hand. The reaction was immediate and I convinced her to remove her ring at once. Good thing too because any longer and it would have to be cut off. Moral: Don't leave home without your EpiPen!!