Monday, November 3, 2008

So Much for Being an Elephant...

Tanner was supposed to be an elephant for Halloween. That plan did not work out too well.

I was getting ready to change him into his costume at Jill's house, at her Halloween party nonetheless, when we noticed that his legs were covered in hives. After further inspection, we noticed that he had them everywhere, from head to toe. He never indicated anything was wrong. No scratching, no pulling at clothes, no nothing. Sometimes I wonder if he feels these things.

Anyway, the doctor had us give him Benedryl and take him home and advised if the hives hadn't gone away in 48 hours to bring him in. So Sunday afternoon, I took him to see the doctor. They weren't bad but they were present. Within 10 minutes the hives were awful and the doctor prescribed a steroid. Poor little baby had to have blood work too.

They tested him for nut allergies and a few more things I'm not sure of. He was so calm when we laid him back and they put that green plastic band on his arm and tried to find a vein. The whole time the phlebotomist poked at him and took his blood, he just laid there. He was the calmest I have ever seen him. It was almost spooky.

Anyway, we find out maybe Wednesday if they found anything but the doctor didn't think they would. He said that sometimes kids just have these kinds of things. He would definitely be my son, random illnesses and reactions to say the least.

1 comment:

Cherie said...

Oh no! Poor baby.

I'm getting over educated in the whole allergy world. . .

Let me know if you end up needing any good info.