So I went to the stables again today, but while I was stall-cleaning I started to have trouble breathing. It was super dusty, and all the shavings were going everywhere, and I was coughing a lot. It sort of felt like I was having an asthma attack or something.
Anyways, the point is that it was really sort of scary. And also it impressed upon me the difference between not being able to breathe, and not being given the chance to breathe. Like....that guy in Star Wars, who's getting Force-choked for dissing Vader. All that has to happen is the grouchy old commander says "Let him go" and he can breathe again. Or if you're underwater, all you have to do is come up to the surface, and you're golden. Even if you're choking on a baby carrot, just find someone who knows how to do the Heimlich.
But it would be absolutely terrifying to be completely incapable of getting enough oxygen simply because your own body isn't letting you breathe. I've never gone into anaphylactic shock (and I can honestly say I'm ridiculously grateful for this every time I get an allergy) but I imagine that it's probably the scariest way to die. You're entirely conscious, and you're basically sitting there trying to get your own body to STOP COMMITTING SUICIDE. It's not even like getting cancer, where you have the chance to come to terms with death. It's just "Whoops, there's a peanut" and bang, you're dead.
Absolutely awful way to go. Also, I'm not sure why I keep thinking about this, and I really ought to stop, but since I haven't yet, I'm going to keep posting about it!
P.S. This doesn't mean that people with life-threatening allergies who don't carry an Epipen are excused when they go all drama-llama about it. It really bugs me, actually, when people come to Kelsey Creek and they're like "Oh, if that has peanut butter in it keep it away from me because I might die and I don't have my Epipen with me." WHY DON'T YOU JUST CARRY THE STUPID EPIPEN IT'S NOT THAT INCONVENIENT.
....Yeah, I know I really need to stop thinking about this.
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