Yesterday Carter was throwing up on top of having a cold. As I was cleaning up in the laundry room after he threw up all over me I discovered sitting water behind the washing machine which means a leak. I had already had a bad day with a sick kid so I wasn't looking forward to dealing with that either. Did I mention that Brian is out of town?
THEN I packed up the kids and we went for a walk, then had dinner, and then I put them in the bath tub. It was there that I discovered fresh mosquito bites on Abby. A few on her shoulders and one right smack dab in between her eyes. It wasn't three weeks ago that Abby's eye swelled up to the size of a baseball after getting a bite next to her eye. Why do these durned bugs like Abby's face so much??? Anyway. I noticed about 30 minutes after getting them out of the tub that Abbys face was getting a rash, as well as her whole body. So I gave her some benadryl and an hour and a half later, right before bed, Abby came to me complaining that her throat hurt. I looked her over. She still had hives all over her body, her whole face and ears were swolen (remember the movie Hitch? Well she wasn't THAT bad) and I checked her tongue and it was bright red with little raised bumps. So I called Carrie, my voice of reason, and she told me to call the on-call nurse. So I did and she told me to take her to the ER or call 911. I opted for the ER. But I wasn't about to wake up Carter, so Carrie, then my mother-in-law came over to watch him.
The ER gave her a steroid, epinephrine, and another dose of Benadryl and we waited for the swelling to go down before we went home. He sent us home with a prescription for an Epi-Pen (in case of emergencies. Yikes.) and a charge to put bug spray on Abby every time we go out. We're also going to see an allergist to find out exactly what she's allergic to and what we can do to help the severity of her reactions. I can't believe she's allergic to bug bites. We go outside every day. I hate the fact that we have to be so cautious now!
THEN I packed up the kids and we went for a walk, then had dinner, and then I put them in the bath tub. It was there that I discovered fresh mosquito bites on Abby. A few on her shoulders and one right smack dab in between her eyes. It wasn't three weeks ago that Abby's eye swelled up to the size of a baseball after getting a bite next to her eye. Why do these durned bugs like Abby's face so much??? Anyway. I noticed about 30 minutes after getting them out of the tub that Abbys face was getting a rash, as well as her whole body. So I gave her some benadryl and an hour and a half later, right before bed, Abby came to me complaining that her throat hurt. I looked her over. She still had hives all over her body, her whole face and ears were swolen (remember the movie Hitch? Well she wasn't THAT bad) and I checked her tongue and it was bright red with little raised bumps. So I called Carrie, my voice of reason, and she told me to call the on-call nurse. So I did and she told me to take her to the ER or call 911. I opted for the ER. But I wasn't about to wake up Carter, so Carrie, then my mother-in-law came over to watch him.
The ER gave her a steroid, epinephrine, and another dose of Benadryl and we waited for the swelling to go down before we went home. He sent us home with a prescription for an Epi-Pen (in case of emergencies. Yikes.) and a charge to put bug spray on Abby every time we go out. We're also going to see an allergist to find out exactly what she's allergic to and what we can do to help the severity of her reactions. I can't believe she's allergic to bug bites. We go outside every day. I hate the fact that we have to be so cautious now!
Our life just keeps getting more and more interesting.
6 comments:
Yikes! That sounds like a nasty day. The sick kids by themselves could have made it a hard day. You got hammered!
Oh my! You poor thing. I admire you so much Mandie! Your strength amazes & encourages me! "This too shall pass"!
That's awful. I know mosquitoes love Matilda and Lorelai, but they have never swollen up. I hope you can find out what is doing it.
I'm so sorry for Abby and for you. Gideon gets bad reactions, but never anything like that. We'll keep you in our prayers.
:( What a terrible thing to be allergic to:(
Hi! I'm in Missy's ward, and my mom (Tori from EveningSong) follows your blog and sent me a link to this post. I actually just took my son in to the dr the other day for almost the exact same thing! His hand had swollen to almost twice its normal size, and he had several bites on his cheek, arms, and neck. He'd gotten them while at the sitter the day before. So now we're being cautious and watching his reactions very carefully! Hope things go well for Abby!
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