She ended up in a tight little ball, hugging her knees to her chest like she was keeping her ribs inside during each sneeze. Each and every choked, wheezing spasm seemed thicker than the last as her body went into allergy overdrive. What she managed between gasping and her nose exploding was "...no. No Doctors! M'okay..."

This was what had happened when her and Maya had gone to get kittens for their fourth birthday! There'd been an ambulance, and noise, and worry...and they hadn't been allowed kittens. Not that she wanted a llama but...