My first trip to the ER in BKK

Last night Leo, Erin and I went to a little restaurant just across the street form our hostel because it was torrential down-pouring. I love the seafood in Thailand, so of course I order this dish full of squid and shrimp with sticky rice. It was delicious and I had just them about how I used to be allergic to shrimp and how my mouth would itch. Well we finished dinner and were on our way to buy a drink at seven eleven when my mouth started feeling funny and I felt like I got bit by a mosquito behind my ear. I asked Erin and  she and Leo both said I would be fine, but them in the light I asked again and she saw a hive under my eye. We went back to the hostel and I took benadryl but it just kept getting worse. My tongue swelled up and felt like a rock in my mouth and I had hives all over my head, in my armpits and thighs. I have never been in anaphylactic shock before so of course I was freaking out. We called the hospital and they told us to come in immediately so we jumped in a cab. Leo was taking to long putting things away so we left without him. Lizzie was just walking to our hostel at that time so we told her to come with too. I was admitted and injected with medicine in my hand. The sensation was insane and I didn't realize what was going on at first, but there was this intense burning in my "groin area" and I flipped! It was sooo funny because I think the nurse knew that would happen but didn't tell me. It went away in seconds but my knee jerk reaction to grab my crotch was the funniest thing the girls have seen I'm sure. I can't imagine what the guy who was talking to me about finance thought at the time! The doctor wanted me to spend the night so he could monitor me, but when we saw the 40000 baht deposit it was a sure NO. I waited there for about an hour and a half until I started to deflate a bit. Lizzie and Erin were on observation duty and thought it was funny to watch me try and touch my tongue to my nose (I couldn't even stick it out) or make me pronounce my last name. I just thought everything was funny by that point. I got some more medicine to take and we went back to the hostel. Our plans to go out were ruined, and I spent way more then is typical in BKK, but at least I don't look like Will Smith in Hitch anymore. My neck still feels like I got badly chocked and I think I'll stay away form my favorite food for a while.