Noah is officially a "reactor"

Rats. Noah had an anaphylactic reaction to one of his chemo drugs this afternoon - his face and lips got all red and swollen and his throat was itchy, hot and it was hard to breathe- so he was admitted to the hospital for observation tonight. The doctor and nurses were able to stop the reaction with epinephrine and benedryl and hydrocortisone, but they wanted to make sure it wouldn't happen again once they wore off. It hasn't, so that is good.
He had just come out of his LP, so he was still quite groggy from the anesthesia when it happened. It was very scary for him, but what seems worse now is that this was the preferred method of administration; the alternative to the one IV dose is 6 injections over 2 weeks. This may significantly affect our time at home. He is also understandably not happy with the idea of injections as opposed to IV doses.
The Dr. (Dr. Lucy, whom I love....) is the one who called him a "reactor". He has had allergic reactions to his antibiotics, Tegaderm (a dressing they use over his VAD when he is accessed), platelets and now this med, PEG l'Asparaginase. He may be low maintenance personality-wise, but antibody-wise...not so much. His big, thick file even has a big red CAUTION on the top of it, lol!
It is too bad he was kind of out of it when she called him a reactor, because he would have appreciated our conversation:
Dr. Lucy: Boy you're a reactor.... a nuclear reactor!
Me: As long as you don't have a complete meltdown!
I know it isn't really that funny, but he totally would have laughed....
sigh....