Breathing - Is it really Neccessary?

Well, as most of you may know I have a peanut allergy. I thought I was doing really well with avoiding things and keeping myself safe. Until last night. Oh, what a night. I was out of town on business and started looking for some chow. There was a Panda Express conveniently located in the same plaza as where I had to be for my meeting yesterday. Ever so excited, I made a mad dash for the door, like they were giving it away for free or something. I ordered the Broccoli and Beef. I took a wild guess and figured, it should contain broccoli and hopefully some part of a cow, so we will call it beef. Obviously, this was not the case. I set down and began feverishly eating because I was starving after skipping lunch. About 5 minutes into me ripping into this, literally like a stray dog with a newly discovered can of Alpo. Then I got that no so great feeling that something was very wrong. Since I don't have this reaction very often it took me a good minute to realize what was going on. Slowly, my ability to breath was changing and I was having an alergic reation to what I could only assume was something rooted in my kryptonite ........peanuts!!!!!!! This is where it really get's fun. I am nearly 4 hours from home and had no one else with me. If I walked over to the place I had my meeting, my throat would probrably me swollen shut by then. So, I walked up to the counter of this fine establishment and in the calmest, yet near death way, I told them I think there was something with peanuts in the beef and broccoli I ate. The way awesome counter person (let's just say it's clear she was thinking about other things) said, thanks and asked me did I want something else or did I want to see a manager. I then replied, again very calmly, but slighly freaking out at this point, "No thanks". I then proceeded to let her know that I needed her to call 911 because I have a severe reaction to peanuts and in about 15 minutes I would not be able to breath. As you could imagine, her I could care less attitude, changed to....."Did she say stop breathing" attitude. The counter girl, then got her manager from a back room and explained it to him. Mind you, I am slowly losing my airway in the meantime. They got me a chair (because everyone knows sitting down heals all ailments, not), some water and watched me start to freak out by this point. Long story short and lots of epinephrine later, I am doing okay. I stayed in the hospital overnight and drove back home this morning. So, to answer my title question...breathing is highly recommended.