Peanut Scare

We have known since Caleb was 2 that he had a peanut allergy, but mostly just from having allergy testing done on him. He hasn't really ever had a reaction other than vomiting and that was when he was pretty little. Until now. He gave us a scare the other night. I had bought some cookies from Eileen's bakery as a treat for a no cry day at school. He had one of the M&M cookies after school and was fine. I was at work later that night when I got a call from Robb saying that there was a problem.
Caleb had eaten one of the cookies as a bedtime snack and immediately started coughing and couldn't stop. He ended up vomiting and when Robb got him calmed down a bit he noticed that he had bumps on his tongue. Robb opted to not give the epi pen and instead took Caleb to the ER. Luckily I was working with really nice people that night that were willing to take over for me so I could leave. Not to mention Tasha was the charge nurse and when I said it was fine I could stay, she said I should go. I meet them at the ER and by that time he was doing better but was pretty shook up about the entire ordeal.
They decided he was doing well enough that he didn't need his Epi pen but they did give him a dose of Benadryl and then we had to stay for 3 hours while they watched him. It was a LONG evening. Luckily he handled it very well but it was a terrifying experience for us. We have been pretty lax about what he can and can't eat the last couple years and this made us rethink that a bit.