Patrick and Brittany Mahomes have revealed the panic and pain they went through after their son Bronze suffered a serious allergic reaction.
Last year, the Chiefs star and his wife were given a huge scare after discovering their then-nine-month-old son is ‘highly, highly allergic to peanuts’.
The ‘very scary and frantic’ incident saw Bronze’s ‘entire body’ covered in ‘welts and hives’. After the problem spread to the baby’s face, the panicked family rushed him to the hospital.
‘I remember how scared I was and how serious it felt and luckily for us the doctors were able to help,’ Patrick explained. ‘That’s when, to me, it became a serious thing that I needed to really pay attention to.’
At the time, his wife Brittany – who is pregnant with their third child – called it ‘the scariest 30 minutes of her life’.
Patrick and Brittany Mahomes have opened up on their son Bronze’s serious allergic reaction
Last year they discovered their then-nine-month-old son is ‘highly, highly allergic to peanuts’
The Mahomes already knew that their eldest child, three-year-old daughter Sterling, was allergic to peanuts, milk and eggs.
‘With the history of Sterling having allergies, I was trying out different things with Bronze and it was our first day with nuts,’ Brittany explained.
‘It’s just like a little packet of powder that you add to his bottle… so he took his bottle and then within 30 or so minutes he became very irritable, very fussy. I took his diaper off and it was just hives and welts everywhere.
‘Just seeing his entire body covered in welts and hives and him being so uncomfortable was probably one of the scariest moments of my life.’
The Mahomes’ foundation is now working with FARE (Food Allergy Research and Education) to improve allergy education among restaurants and staff around Kansas City.
Patrick and Brittany share two children together – one-year-old Bronze (L) and Sterling, 3
