Anaphylaxis...

745 pm: Time to leave ICU and get home; freshen up and go for dinner with Boss.
750 pm: At home. Checking FB.
751 pm: Itching on hands...suddenly..spreading very rapidly..ALLERGY???? (I'm allergic to ant bites.)

752 pm: Hunting for Avil. Not able to find strip. Itching too much. Not able to hold strip.

753 pm: Looked at my face.....SWOLLEN!!!! Tongue....SWOLLEN!!!!!! Very scared now..

754 pm: Call my friend and colleugue--she rushed me back to the ICU.

Boss on his way. BP 60 systolic. Avil, Wymesone, Hydrocort rushed in...slight decrease in itching.

800 pm: Left in ICU while others went for dinner... :(

815 pm: More avil - much better now. Sleepy.

1030 pm: Boss and collegues back from dinner... Dinner of bread and chicken curry at Boss' house.

1045 pm: Slept at home..

Never have i had such a sudden, fast, bad reaction and to what i have no idea. Heart in my mouth, and being a doctor i knew just what could have gone wrong.

But my mother reminded me of this:

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." Psalms 23:4.

Yes, even at deathbed, I will fear no evil because the Lord is with me and with out Him ordaining it, I will never leave this earth.

Thank you Lord for the comfort even at the worst situation.