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EMT "fun" at a strange mall in Florida...9yo (and Mom) could use pixies! long!
We went to a mall in Coral-something-or-other near Ft Lauderdale tonight and 9yo started having difficulty breathing (after drinking a sample of frozen lemonade that 22yo DD let her have). She suddenly started shaking and let out a bloodcurdling scream that her throat was closing and she couldn't breathe. It was horrible. We got her some water and tried to get her to calm down, but her hands went ice cold and she was shaking. She started coughing, but they wanted to go to the Hello Kitty store and Club Libby Lu, so we went that direction. 9yo bolted out of the store and grabbed an empty plastic bag and proceeded to throw up. She was shaking SO badly and actually ASKING to go to a doctor, so I went to the customer service kiosk (right next to us) and asked for an urgent care. There happened to be a nurse standing there chatting with the CS person and she jumped into action. What an angel! She took me to a little store to get a Benadryl packet, had Miss B take it, then sit down. She took her pulse and respirations and suggested we call the EMTs. Security came down and took a statement and brought the EMTs to where we had Miss B laying down. They took her vitals and checked her over and we all came to the conclusion that it was most likely a panic attack. She was still shaking and cold-hands, but the EMTs calmed her by showing her the O-sat and other numbers. Her heart rate was jumping up in the 120s, but everything else was good. They told us they could take her to the ER if I wanted, but I honestly believed it looked like a panic attack to me. We all agreed that we should just come back to the hotel and let her rest, but keep an eye on her. She's feeling much better now that she's resting. We never did make it to Club Libby Lu or through the Hello Kitty store and 12yo DD is bummed, but she was a fantastic trooper and did run into the Kitty store to buy Miss B a little gift while she was being looked at (with her own money, even)
Please send pixies that we don't have anymore of those on this trip...it was SCARY for DD and for me! Also, please send pixies that we'll be able to figure out if it was a panic attack and deal with it before it gets any worse. Thank you!
Can a 9 year old have a panic attack? i might would test her for allergies when you get home and avoid lemons until then. Just to double check and keep some benadryl with you. May God be with you and your family. stephanie
That definitely sounds like a panic attack. What is strange to me is what set her off? You weren't in a situation to panic unless she has been so concerned about her asthma that she built herself up that an attack was imminent and just decided that was the right time.
That happened a lot to me as a medic. Asthmatics with panic disorder would go into an "attack" when they thought they should have one and so they went into a psychosomatic attack, just for me to show them on the monitor that there was nothing wrong. An example would be an asthmatic saw on the news that ragweed pollen was high, but decided to attend the outdoor baseball game anyway. Half way through the game they would go into this attack because that is normally when an attack would happen if in fact the trigger was present. Now, I can't recall anyone ever going into an asthma attack for drinking a lemonade, frozen or otherwise. Maybe she expected to have an attack by then so when she got a little winded thought it was a full on attack and just went with it.
Anyway, I hope you get through the rest of your trip unscathed. It's been a bit rocky for you this week. I'll wish for something magical for you.
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Glad she is ok....when you described her symptoms I immediatly thought of an anaphalatic reaction but you mentioned lemonade which seems highly unlikely....however I am happy there was a nurse nearby and that the EMT were so helpful....
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She was still shaking and cold-hands, but the EMTs calmed her by showing her the O-sat and other numbers. Her heart rate was jumping up in the 120s, but everything else was good. They told us they could take her to the ER if I wanted, but I honestly believed it looked like a panic attack to me. We all agreed that we should just come back to the hotel and let her rest, but keep an eye on her. She's feeling much better now that she's resting. We never did make it to Club Libby Lu or through the Hello Kitty store and 12yo DD is bummed, but she was a fantastic trooper and did run into the Kitty store to buy Miss B a little gift while she was being looked at (with her own money, even)
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