For the second time in his short life, Hugito is rushed to the ER!

[4 Dog Mother]

Thank God you noticed it right away, Deb. As so many have said allergies are a scary thing. And to see such a reaction happen so quickly had to be very scary. I am so glad you were able to get him to the ER asap.

As Karen has said you can be allergic to anything. I had some testing a few years ago and some of the stuff that showed up were interesting. Also interesting is that some I have very mild to almost no reaction to but put 2 or 3 together and then I get a reaction.

And Deb we are very interested in what goes on with Hugito - he is a PT baby after all!

[Daisy and Delilah]

This is nothing but scary, Deb. How awful for you!! Poor little Hugito I'm so glad it all worked out for everybody. {{{{{HUGS}}}}}

[ramanth]

Poor little Hugito. I'm so glad he's okay!!

[prechrswife]

Poor thing. Glad he is okay. That is one of my biggest fears with Mary Joyce. Thankfully, she hasn't reacted to anything yet, though.

[Lobodeb]

Thanks for your replies everyone.

I was (and am still) beating myself over the the head for giving him the fish in the first place, but as you've all said, better to learn his allergies now, when he's with me than with someone who isn't watching him like a hawk.

did you cook or spice the catfish in anything unusual?

No, just fish seasoning.

I hadn't heard of general seafood allergies, either. Just shell fish, but as others have said, I guess you can be allergic to anything. And luckilly, so far, he hasn't shown any other signs of other food allergies like eggs or peanuts.