Ladybug has been pretty under the weather
lately. The entire family has been fighting a never ending cold for a few weeks
now. On Friday the poor girl just went from bad to worse... After a late work
night we got home, had a quick bite to eat and suddenly Rylie become very
upset. If she could have pulled her skin off she would have. I took her in to
get her ready for bed and noticed a HUGE rash spanning the entire portion of
her torso.
We immediately jumped in the car and headed to
instacare, They were just about to close so they checked her breathing and told
us she was probably having a reaction to a food or possibly something
new in her environment. We tried an oatmeal bath and it seemed to
take care of some of the problem but she was miserable and restless all night.
Around 2am she finally drifted off to sleep and when we woke up the next
morning the rash was all gone... Oh but it was short lived... within about 2
hours welts started to appear all over her body and then they would turn into a
huge rash. The rash came and went all day and again Saturday night we took her
back to instacare. This time the doctor looked her over and determined Rylie
had hives (insert sad face here).
The doctor explained to us that most kids get
hives at least once in their lifetime while trying to fight off a cold. She
gave us some Benadryl dosing instructions and sent us on our way. The Benadryl
worked like a charm! Rylie slept better the last few nights than she has in
months and the best part... the hives are all gone!!! Double celebration!! She
was down for a few days but she is looking good as new and is back to playing
with Duke and running around the house like crazy.
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