Saturday, May 1, 2010

Sick, Sick Baby

Thursday afternoon Tayten woke up from her nap at 3:00 just like she does every day. When I changed her diaper I noticed that she has some little tiny red bumps on her ankles. I didn't think much of it since we had been outside playing and things. As the afternoon progressed she starting getting really whiny and wanted held. I was starting to notice that she was getting more bumps that looked like welts on her arms. I called her Dr. around 4:30 and told them what I saw. They said that they were probably hives and to give her some benadryll. I gave her the dose of benadryll and starting rocking her. While I was rocking her I started to notice the welts were everywhere and that her knees were hot and red. A little while later I tried to put her down on her legs and she just screamed bloody murder, shorty after that I noticed that her knees were swelling. Every time we moved her she cried, so we had to carry her like a baby so we didn't move her knees. As soon as Brandon got home we packed her up and took her to the urgent care. At the urgent care the Dr. said she had double ear infections. They tested for strep thinking that maybe her body was not fighting the infection and that's why she was swelling. He also said he didn't think she was having an allergic reaction. They also did some blood work. They sent us home with antibiotic and steroids. We gave her the meds and put her to bed that night and when she woke up Friday morning she was fine. We had a follow up apt. with Dr. Woods Friday morning who told me that all her tests came back negative so they weren't sure what was going on. Then....on Friday afternoon the welts reappeared. I called again and they told me to watch her and if she starting swelling to take her to the ER. I put her to bed with the welts and she woke up fine this morning! Crazy huh?

These pictures are after we came home from the urgent care. The swelling had gone down some by this time but her knees were the size of small baseballs!Welts and swollen knees




We think she's cute even when she got welts!

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