Jenni's New Allergy

Last night Jenni had dinner at Cordell's home with his family. Cordell's mother, Joy, served shrimp and crab legs. Jenni is allergic to any type of shell fish (as well as melons, berries and nuts) and gets hives, turns red and starts to swell. Anyway...Joy was aware of this and made Jenni a separate dinner of chicken...What a thoughtful woman!

Well...this morning I received a phone call from a rather alarmed Jenni while she was at work, stating that she was red all over and that her throat felt swollen and that she was itching all over. I immediately knew she was having some kind of allergic reaction. I asked Jenni if the fish that Cordell's family had the night before was cooked side by side to her chicken and could have possibly cross-contaminated her food. She was not sure. She decided to call Cordell and find out. Jenni then received a phone call from a worried Joy. She felt awful and could not figure out what could have possibly have happened. After a lot of questions from both Joy and myself, Joy made a brilliant discovery. She asked Jenni if she had kissed Cordell last night after dinner...ahah! She then replied meekly "yes..." Can you believe that??? So basically...(as Josh pointed out) Jenni is allergic to Cordell :) Yep...another Jenni story.

Side Note: I found out later that when she came home last night the reaction was just beginning. She told me that her eyes were burning but she thought it was because she was tired. This morning her eyes were a little swollen, but I thought it was also from lack of sleep...Crazy. She is fine now. Thank goodness for Benedryl.