Monday, April 5, 2010

Noah's allergic reaction


These pics do not do it justice in hte least.



My sweet Noah had a horrible allergic reaction on Tuesday morning. It was one of the worst days ever. He woke up with swolle lips and it got worse. He had welts all over him. Head to toe and swollen feet. We were so scared especially when he started scratching his throat. So we went to the ER at 7:30am. All they said was it was an allergic reaction and told us to keep giving him benadryl. To what we don't know and will never know. They said it was probably food since it was all over his body. So later it diminished and he woke up from the nap and of course it came back. It kept getting worse so at 7:00pm we went back to the ER for 3 hours this time. Trip #1 only an hour. This time they said it was an allergic reaction and that he had an ear infection. Within 12 hours he developed one. Weird. So this trip they gave him an antibiotic and prednisone. The medicine from hell. Poor kid was so ill no one could stand him. So on Wed it came back which the ER and pediatrician said was normal. Still scary b/c this time it was all over his face and we couldn't go to gymnastics. Thursday came and we took him to the allergist. We actually went tot he wrong one but it worked out b/c they had an opening and they told us we could quit the horrible prednisone and put him on claritin and zyrtec. One at night and one when he wakes up. He goes back later for a check up and to see if they need to do an allergy test. We just hope and pray he gets better and this never happens again!! He still has a runny nose and had a horrible cough on Friday and Saturday. I do think we are on the mend.

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