Lena relayed everything that happened from the moment she heard her say ouch until they got there, while the paramedics checked all her vitals.
They pulled out an Epi-pen and injected it in her thigh. After a few seconds Callie was able to take in a deep lung full of air. And some of her color was returning.
Then the paramedics rechecked her vitals and set up an IV, they loaded Callie in the ambulance and asked who was going with her.
"Lena you go with her I'll call Mike and see if he can come over. I'll meet you at the hospital as soon as he gets here." Stef told her.
"Ok, I'll see you in a few." Lena told Stef.
"Mama?" Callie said with a raspy voice. She looked rather drowsy.
"I'm right here Bug. Right here, you're ok, don't worry… everything is going to be fine." Lena was smoothing her hair out of her face, trying to calm Callie down as well as herself.
"Mama I don't feel good." Callie almost cried. That was an indicator that she really didn't feel good.
"I know sweetheart, I know, we're going to the hospital to find out what happened." Lena tried to reassure her.
"I'm sleepy…" Callie said while her eyes fluttered closed.
At this the paramedic tried to coax her to stay awake. "Callie? Come on Callie, please stay awake for me! Callie? Wake up!" The paramedic said. They were trying to keep her awake. "Ma'am, can you please help us keep her conscious?" The paramedic asked Lena.
Lena nodded. "Bug can you open your eyes for me? I want to see your beautiful eyes, please." Lena coaxed her daughter. She lightly tapped her cheek and squeezed her hand.
Callie's eyes fluttered open for a second. "Mama I'm tired… so tired…"
"I know honey, but I need you to stay awake for me please." Lena tried again.
After a few minutes they arrived at the hospital. As soon as the ambulance doors were open, Callie was pulled out and multiple doctors and nurses started to probe and pinch her.
While examining her the doctor asked the paramedics what had happened.
"15 year old female, bee sting, looks like anaphylactic shock. Administered epinephrine and opened a line. Barely conscious says she's tired. When we arrived at the scene, she was awake but barely." The paramedics took turns relaying the information to the doctor.
"And you are?" The doctor asked Lena. She looked nothing like the girl. With her dark skin and mass of curly hair.
"I'm her mother." Lena answered. She didn't even care about the question. She just wants her baby to be OK.
"Is there a history of bee allergy?" The Doctor asked.
"No not that I know of…" Lena said still looking at her daughter.
"So she has never been stung?" The doctor asked.
"I don't know. We just adopted her less than a year ago, but there was nothing in her file about it." Lena felt guilty. She should know these things. It was times like these that she wished she would have gotten all her kids when there were babies.
"Ok thanks can you please follow nurse Sandy and she will give you all the paperwork we need." The doctor pointed to a nurse.
Lena reluctantly left Callie alone with the doctor. She sat in the waiting room and filled out paper after paper of information she had memorized from her file and what she knew from all her check ups while she was in there home. Just as she was halfway through with the forms Stef arrived at the ER.
"Excuse me I'm looking for Callie Q. Adams-Foster." Stef asked the nurse at the window.
"Stef!" Lena called to her.
"Hey how is she?" Stef asked with concern as she made her way to her wife.
"I don't know. The doctor is with her right now" Lena answered. Stef held Lena in her arms and helped her with the forms. She didn't need help because Lena had all their kids medical information memorized, but it kept both their minds busy for a while.
After they finished with the forms, Lena stood up to take it back to the front desk when Callie's doctor came in the waiting room.
"Family of Callie Adams-Foster?" The doctor that had spoken to Lena, asked the room.
"Yes, and this is my wife, Callie's other mom, Stef Adams-Foster." Lena answered.
"Hi, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Dr. Stevens. I was the doctor that treated Callie when she arrived." The Doctor said while shaking Stef's hand.
"How is she?" Stef asked with concern.
"Well she's doing a lot better. She's breathing easier and she's sleeping right now. We have her on oxygen and an antihistamine to counteract the bee poison. The antihistamine makes her drowsy. From what we saw she was stung in the back of the neck. And that's why the reaction was so quick. We would like to perform an allergy test. It's obvious she's allergic to bees, but we need to know what kind. And you can never be too careful. Has she ever shown any kind of reaction before?" The doctor asked.
"No, not that we have noticed or that she has told us." Stef said. She wanted to know how Callie is doing, but she was also anxious to see her daughter.
"Well it might be that she has never been exposed to the triggers before. The allergy test will have to wait until her reaction to this goes away completely. If we expose her to any more potential allergens she could go into anaphylactic shock again." The doctor informed both moms.
"So she could possibly be allergic to other things?" Stef asked.
"Yes, and if she were biologically yours, I would probably be getting a medical history from you, as well as an allergy test, because reactions like this tend to be hereditary." The doctor said.
"She has a half brother that's younger than her. Should we have him tested as well?" Lena asked with concern.
"It would be a good idea. You don't want to walk around with that type of reaction and not know about it." The doctor said.
"Thank you" Both moms said.
"Well, I'm sure you want to see your daughter. We can talk more in depth later on about her treatment and any precautions you would have to take with her from now on." The doctor said as he showed them to Callie's room.
When the mom's saw her, Lena gasped.
Callie looked so pale and vulnerable. She had swelling around her eyes and the side closer to the sting site was more swollen than the other. She quickly went to her side and took her hand.
Stef went to her other side and kissed her forehead. "Oh sweets, I'm so sorry…"
"Stef, this isn't your fault!" Lena argued.
"Lena, I said we should eat outside. When Jesus told me about the beehive, I told him it was fine to leave it. You told me we should eat inside, but nooo, I just had to have my picnic…" Stef ranted.
"Hey, you had no idea that Callie was allergic to bees at the moment. We have her medical history and file memorized. We have been learning what she likes and dislikes. I don't think Callie blames you, so you shouldn't either." Lena, ever rational, made her statement.