[Hildy]

You're story made me hyperventilate...I mean it...I felt what you must have been going through. Can you tell me what an Epi Pen is?

[Semper911]

Can you tell me what an Epi Pen is?

I know you weren't asking me, but it is a self injection device for allergic reactions (peanuts, bee stings, etc.)

Everyone should know how to use one. Everyone.

[teenyelliott]

I see someone else told you about the EpiPen.

I carry one in my purse at all times, and have another in the house. Her teachers will always have to have one, too. And she will have to carry one her entire life.

The theory is, if she has a reaction, the epinephrine will give her time enough to get to the emergency room.