Nina went to get a flu shot the other day. Since she’s had a positive skin test for an allergy to egg, Carrie had to take her to the allergist’s so he could do some more tests before administering the vaccine. Unfortunately, Nina had another positive reaction when the allergist give her a small dose of diluted vaccine. She started getting flushed cheeks, and red spots quickly appeared all over her body, so they gave her a shot of epinephrine, and a hefty dose of anti-histamines, on the spot.
In the end, she only got a fifth of the normal vaccine dose. This will probably not help her produce the necessary antibodies to be considered vaccinated, so the rest of us need to get the flu shot, to limit the possibility of one of us giving the flu to Nina.
After her flu shot, poor Leila was telling anyone who would listen, with a serious, matter of fact tone, that “shots are no fun.” And our little night demon Nina, after her triple or quadruple dose of benadryl, and her epinephrine shot, slept through the night — almost.
