The first pictures I took when I realized that he had hives and not a bug bite.
This was at the hospital. They got really bad.
Oh! Crocodile tears, not a happy boy at all!
James trying to distract Landon with his zipper.
Got the medicine in, saw immediate results, now we are ready to go home! So, we now know that Landon is allergic to Penicillin. YUCK! We woke up Tuesday morning after the wasp sting and he had a welt on his face that I thought was just a bug bite. I had even remembered him crying a bit the night before, but going back to sleep. Then I changed his morning diaper after James left and saw hives all over his legs. I freaked out, called James and my friend Heather and then my Mom trying to get some comfort and advice until the Dr. office opened. When they opened, of course they just said to Benadryl and couldn't get me in to see the Dr. until the next morning. We did Benadryl and they continued to multiply. So glad I started taking pictures right away, it helped me to monitor the spreading instead of trying to rely on memory. We eventually went to the Urgent Care and they gave us a steroid. Got it filled, and gave Landon a banana to eat with it (since it was time for a snack and the steroid is supposed to be taken with food.) and he threw it up immediately. Great! So, James came home and we tried everything. An hour and a half later we just decided to go to the Emergency Room. They gave him an anti-nausea medicine and then the same thing (except it didn't smell horrible and seemed to taste good to Landon) and immediately we saw results.
The bad thing was, for a week he wouldn't eat banana. He is now fine and eating them again.
Apparently, the first reaction from Penicillin is mild (I now recall a mild rash after finishing Amoxicillin, that I thought was a tomato allergy), the second is moderate (obviously the Augmentin that he was just on), and the third could be anaphalactic shock. Stressing me out!
I think I got at least 10 more white hairs that week. I say that week because it isn't over yet!...
1 comment:
Oh my, what a day! I am sorry that he is allergic. That stinks! And sorry that he has to go through that stuff. I will say, however, that the crocodile tears picture is absolutely adorable :)
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