Fun Night At The Bro'S Wedding

[Chreees]

Bro and his girl got married last Friday, but last night he had the wedding reception- basically just a party. We got a little lost in Memphis trying to find the place, which was a hella nice retirement center that my bro's wife works at, so all they had to pay for was the food. The ballroom and everything was free. We finally got there about 6:30PM, which it started at 6 and ended at 9. Now it was my sister, my girlfriend, and me riding together. At 6:40 we eat. My sister takes one bite of the catfish and immediately frowns. She tells us her throat's starting to get an itchy feeling. Within 5 minutes her lips start swelling up. My gf says, "Hey, in the movie Hitch what does Will Smith drink when his face swells up from whatever he eats?" I responded "Benadryl." So we told my sister we'd run to Walgreen's down the road. She didn't say anything. Instead she got up to go ask my mom for some allergy medicine, as she figured she would have some out in her car. My mom ignored her at first, and my sis had to yank her by the arm and go to the other room. Moms went and got her a pill. It wasn't helping any. My bro's now-wife went and got the in-house EMT to see if he had any benadryl. He ends up calling 911 after checking her vitals, even though he knew my gf and I were going to take her to the hospital if necessary. The EMT didn't have any benadryl. Neither did the ambulance, firetruck, and five EMTS who rushed in with the stretcher. It was all blown way out of proportion and the EMTs were trying to persuade her to ride in the ambulance (they wanted money). Finally after 30 minutes of them continually checking her blood pressure and breathing and whatnot, my gf spoke up and told them that my sis did not want to ride in the ambulance, and that we'd take her. So I pulled around the car and we headed towards the hospital. She says she just wants to go home. I told her we'd stop by Walgreen's and get her some benadryl, like we knew she needed all along. She went to the bathroom at Walgreen's, cleared her system out, took some benadryl, and by the end of the trip back to her apt in Brownsville 45 minutes from Memphis, she was all okay. Haha, she jokingly said she should "take a nip of catfish and rub it on her lips every morning to look like Angelina Jolie." Anyway, so that's how my night was at the bro's wedding reception. Got some okay food, congratulated him and the wifey, saw a few family members, and got to see his band play acoustic for him. The rest of the time was spent dealing with my sister and the idiots who weren't helping her.

Moral of the story, kiddies? Don't eat the catfish at wedding receptions, and always listen to your brother and his girlfriend instead of going to have mommy help you. Also the ambulance EMTs just want your money, even though they know it's just a food allergy and that you just need benadryl.

It was a crazy night... I think I need a nap now.

[ryno]

Sounds like you had a crazy weekend Chris. At least its over!

[NitetimeReign]

Glad you made it through the wedding and your sis is ok. I was kinda joking but kinda serious. You ever notice ALOT of times things get jacked at a wedding even if it's not directly with the bride and groom? Not saying like this was your sis's fault just in general here..like a sign sometimes of stop, don't do it, are you nuts?..lol that kinda thing. Just something to ponder on..hmmm

[Jeff_T]

Sounds like a pretty crazy time Chris, glad to hear things are ok with your sis.

[Chreees]

Yeah, I'm glad all she needed was some medicine. When she was younger she had this crazy asthma attack that landed her in the hospital for 3 days. Wouldn't want a repeat of that.