Sneeze Souffle
Just how allergic to cats was she really?
Are you allergic to cats? John Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center is looking for people interested in participating in a study of new treatment for cat allergies. Earn $425, if accepted.
Not long after I'd spotted this ad in the morning newspaper, I was sitting in a cinder-block room in the basement of a Baltimore research lab with a meter strapped to my shoulder and a tube wrapped around my neck to measure the allergens I was breathing. Two large, pampered felines stretched languorously in a cage near my feet, their fur and dander drifting placidly in the unmoving air.
A physician was in attendance in case I suffered some sort of traumatic reaction, like not breathing, and a masked research assistant sat watching me closely, her clipboard and pen at the ready.
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© Fran Severn
