Ms. Lopez was trying to get her group of five year olds settled so she could give them their good behavior snack.
"Okay Valerie's table you guys can choose first."
They stood in a single file line while each went through the bin to pick things out.
Valerie picked out a Reese peanut butter cup. She put in her back pack for latter.
Santana had finally start letting her ride the bus home from school, Andy got off only a few stop after so she knew she would be protected.
She always made sure she met Val at the front door, she wanted to be the first face she saw when she got home.
"Mommy, Ducky!" she shouted running up the drive way.
"Hey baby girl did you have a great day in school?" Valerie shook her head then kneeled down to pet Ducky.
"Mommy can we take Ducky for a walk before dinner? Please!" Santana smiled at how cute she was.
"Yeah, just go change your clothes first your mother would kill me if she knew I let you get dirty." Valerie ran upstairs to find some play clothes.
She rushed down, dog leash in one hand, jacket in the other. "Mom can I eat my peanut butter cup while we walk?"
"No after dinner, and who gave you a peanut butter cup anyways?" she knew her daughter was very friendly and would take things from strangers so she worried.
"Ms. Lopez did." she said sitting the candy on the dining table.
"After you eat lunch. Maybe." she warned.
Valerie was jogging down the sidewalk with Ducky by her side when they spotted a blue Volvo pull into the neighborhood.
Valerie looked back at her mom and smiled. "Mommas home, mommy look it's her car." Ducky barked because he to was happy.
"Hey pretty lady do you need a lift?"
"No, my wife should be home soon and she wouldn't like if I got a rude from a stranger."
Valerie looked confused they were both her mothers so why couldn't she get a ride from her.
"Oh well to bad because your really hot." Santana leaned in the driver side window and kissed her wife.
"Ew momma that nasty." Valerie covered her eyes.
"I'll go get lunch started okay." Brittany blew her daughter a kiss and drove home.
Valerie was sitting at the table with her sandwich and peanut butter cup, her mom had yogurt and cheese, her momma had animal crackers and a juice box.
Valerie snuck a bite of her candy when her parents were talking, when she tried to finish it off with a second bite Santana caught her.
"Give it to me." Valerie poured and handed it over. "Why are you crying?" Valerie face was beat red she never cried when she got yelled at so this made Santana question her.
"Val you can have it back when your done all your food. Baby you dint have to cry." Brittany looked as nervous as her wife did their daughter wasn't a cry baby at all so this was unnatural for them.
Valerie hick-upped then she gasped. Her eyes were blood shot red, her nose was running and she was sweating heavily.
"Mommy I - can't - breath. Mommy." Valerie cried.
Santana jumped up and started patting her daughters back but she wasn't chocking. Her face started to blotch up and her mouth was swelling.
"Oh my god Santana she having an allergic reaction." Santana lifted her daughter into her arms and ran out the door.
Brittany followed behind her.
"Oh baby it's going to be okay. Just hang on alright." she could hear the little gasp leaving her daughters mouth as she fought to breath.
They pulled in front of the emergency room and Santana ran in screaming for help.
"Ma'am what's wrong?"
"My daughter she's in anaphylactic shock she ate - peanut butter cup then she couldn't breath."
Brittany cane rushing in as they took Valerie away on the gurney.
"Babe I shouldn't have yelled at her - now she's - she's - it's all my fault."
Brittany was scared too but she was trying to figure out what was going in with her daughter so she hadn't been able to cry.
"Hey Quinn it's me Britt."
"Hey what's up?"
"I'm in the hospital-"
"What? What's wrong? Is Santana okay?"
"Yeah she's - she's fine. It's Valerie she's - uh she's not okay."
"Oh my god were in our way."
"I need you to go past my house and lock the doors, I forgot."
"Okay we'll be there in a few."
She hung up with Quinn and sat by her wife. Santana was still crying she couldn't believe this was happening.
Just then a short blonde haired woman came out with a chart. "Parents if Valerie Lopez?"
Santana practically ran to her. Brittany didn't really walk either. "Yes that us. This is my wife Brittany Pierce-Lopez, and I'm Santana Lopez. Is our daughter okay?"
"She's okay she did go into anaphylactic shock, but because you acted to quickly she's okay now." they both breathed a sigh of relief. "But we do have to keep her over night, because children as small as her have to be observed closely." she told them.
"Can we see her?" Brittany asked.
The nurse nodded and took them back to the intensive care pediatric until.
Valerie was in a hospital giant laying in the bed with an oxygen mask over her face. Santana's heart broke in half as soon as she seen her daughter.
Her face had huge red blotches on them, her hands were swollen, her neck was still slightly swollen, her chest and ears still red. Nutshell looked peaceful.
They sat there while she slept. Santana was on the phone with her dad who was ready to fly to California to make sure his granddaughter got the best treatment in the state.
He had that kind if power that's what happens when your chief of pediatric's on the entire east coast.
"Knock, knock." it was Rachel's voice.
"Hey." Brittany whispered. They all came in. Andy had a huge Teddy bear, balloons, and blow pops in his hands.
"I brought theses for Val, because my mom said she's really sick." he said sitting them besides her.
"Okay so which of you are Valerie's parents - oh I'm sorry didn't realize you had company." said the doctor.
"We are." she waved her finger back and fourth between herself and Santana.
"Okay well my name is doctor Sydney Lauren." he said shaking their hands. "Doctor Walden, will be back tomorrow." they nodded "So we drew some blood, and ran some test. Valerie is allergic to all kinds of nuts, and she'll need to carry a epi-pen with her everywhere she goes." they both nodded.
"She cam go home Wednesday. You'll need to fill these papers out and take them to her school, and I'll get you guys some epi-pens, okay."
"Andy, hi Andy." her voice was groggy but she knew exactly who Andy was.
"Oh baby your up. How are you feeling?" Santana asked. Valerie quickly tried to pull the I.V's and face mask off but Santana stopped her.
"Val don't take that off it's medicine." Santana's eyes were watering because she was going to cry again.
"Santana look who I found downstairs?" doctor Walden appeared in the door.
"Yeah, and look who's up." Brittany ran to her daughters side.
"Hey princess you feel better?" Val nodded.
She was so happy her daughter was doing better and she had already planned in her mind to remove everything peanut from her house.
"I don't want to eat peanut butter cups anymore." Santana smiled and whipped the tears from eyes.
"You don't have to ever again." she smiled giving Val a bone crushing hug.
When I was 12 I found out I was allergic to nuts, and my now girlfriend gave me a snickers and almost killed me.
When I was 15 I experienced anaphylactic shook for the first time. My mom trying to kill me because I was being greedy and ate a nut cluster cookie. After getting my air way back open I had a second reaction in the emergency room, while I was being discharged. I wrote this chapter because last night my brother was eating brazil nuts and my throat closes but I got to cone home this morning.
So I hope you all liked this one and learn the dangers if anaphylactic shock. It's painful and scary also life threatening.
Review. Love Neko.
