trip to the ER with Joey

We had a scare with Joey - Joe came home from work and was eating cashews out of a can. We were all getting ready to go upstairs for bed and Joey said he wanted some so Joe gave him 2 or 3. He had never had them before , and within a minute of eating the cashews, Joey started crying and saying his tounge hurt, he had his mouth open and we offered him something to drink, some ice, but he was unconsolable. I thought maybe he had bitten his tounge. We waited and he started drooling, a lot and nothing was getting better. We left the house in 5 minutes and drove to Paradise Valley ER which is right around the corner from the rental home we are staying in. They were so good, we had a bed immediately, they put an IV in Joey's arm in case they needed to give him anything, gave him an IV of saline, and a breathing treatment (he had also said his chest hurt and was a little short of breath, his face was flushed, and by the time we got him to the ER his shirt was soaked from his drooling). He also appeared to go in and out of consciosness on the way to the ER. The doctors/nurses said it could be allergies, a toxin, or scorpion bite. They transported him by ambulance to Phoenix Children's hospital, Joe rode in the ambulance and I followed with Christina. They kept him there for 6 hours to observe him, they said sometimes the symptoms can reappear but he would be in the clear after 6 hours. They gave us a prescription for a steriod and an epipen. So now we go for allergy testing, a 2 hour process that I'm sure will not be fun..I'm glad my little guy is ok now.

Here they are sleeping together