I woke up this morning not really being able to swallow, thinking that we’ve had such weird weather- from 70’s and sunny to 40’s and rain- that my allergies were acting up, or that the pneumonia infection is acting up, until I looked in the mirror. Nope, I was having a full blown allergic reaction to something. My face was huge and swollen like a balloon. In fact it was so swollen, you couldn’t even see my ears! My eyes wouldn’t open and I had no neck. In addition, my fingers looked like I was wearing plastic gloves with air in them and my feet were twice the size as normal. I called my doctor, who said there was nothing really that could be done, because I was already on the steroids to treat the pneumonia. I would just have to wait it out (with a little help from Benedryl.) If things got worse, I was to use my Epipen and call 911. I called my mom to let her know what was going on, and we tried to figure out what caused the allergic reaction, and you’ll never guess. Last night I made those pop open biscuits from the refrigerator case. I’m allergic to the yeast that’s in them (which makes sense, since I have a really severe mold allergy.) Mom has the same allergy to this yeast, so she identified it right away. Well, I’m going to have to watch what I eat even more closely now 
