Antibiotics, Allergy, Anaphylaxis

The first time I had anaphylaxis I was about nine. It was a year when I had a series of health misfortunes. I developed chicken pox, sprained an ankle, had urinary tract infections, and several bouts of strep throat in a span of about six months. On this particular day, I was napping in my mother’s bed, but I don’t remember why I was in her room and not my own. I just remember waking up hot, sweaty, and stuffy like when you’re trying to breathe in Florida after a rainstorm in August. It was disorienting…