So not everything has been all fun for us in the last week or so. Two weeks ago Chris developed a rash all over his body. I took him to the doctor on October 29, and they thought he had a strep infection, so the doctor gave us amoxycillin for it. Eight days later, rash hadn't gone away, but in fact had gotten much worse.
This is how his he looked Friday night after we got home
Saturday morning!
about 8am
Saturday afternoon in the doctor's office
about 3pm
His poor face was getting so red, and started to swell up a little bit
By about 2 hours after this picture, his face was completely red under his eyes and his cheeks.
We told the doctor about how he progressed from the initial rash, to this rash. Turns out they believe he's allergic to penicillins, and told us to discontinue his amoxycillin right away!
We were then perscribed a steroid treatment for the allergic reaction. It worked pretty good.
Sunday evening,
about 9pm!
Amazing how quickly the medicine starting showing results!
Monday morning, about 10 am
I've very greatful that the only reaction he had was his skin. It would not have been good if we would have been rushing him to the ER if he had had problems breathing. It was rather scary for me to come home from work and see him like that. I'm so glad he's on the road to recovering, and that we know not to give him penicillins anymore.
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