What the WHAT!

Poor Noah just can’t seem to catch a break. Yesterday morning, Noah woke up with what looked like a mosquito bite on his cheek. I didn’t think much of it because (a) he could have scratched himself during the night or (b) it could have been his eczema acting up. I fed him breakfast and gave him his last dose of amoxicillin (to clear up his ear infections). Then I took him to school. After lunch, Noah’s teacher let me know that he had a funny looking rash. Without seeing it, I assumed it was an eczema break-out and that they must have played outside or he had gotten too hot. A few minutes later, the preschool director called me (never a good sign!) and said that she was a little worried about the rash and thought I should come take a look.

Once I got there and saw Noah, I could tell it wasn’t eczema related. He looked like he had been bitten by 1000 mosquitos! He was covered in little swollen whelps. I immediately called the pediatrician’s office and they said that as long as he was breathing ok and acting alright, that I should give him benadryl and he should be fine. If he wasn’t any better by the next day, I should bring him in.

So this morning we wake him up and it’s ten times worse.

I put that picture on Facebook this morning to try and get some opinions before heading to the doctor. Everyone started freaking their freak so I took it down! Anywho, we went to the doctor and they immediately put us in a room (also not a good sign!). His pediatrician walked in the door, stood there about 15 seconds and then said “Wow. That’s impressive!” (REALLY not a good sign!)

I was freaking my freak some too, don’t worry. And the diagnosis?

He’s allergic to penicillin! He just finished a 10 day dose of amoxicillin and it just now decided to bother him! It’s so strange!

But the good news is that he is NOT contagious and he acts perfectly fine. It doesn’t seem to bother him at all!

The bad news is that it’s going to get worse looking before it gets better. The spots will flatten out and spread and eventually turn blue (yikes!) before fading away. That’s some scary stuff!

His doctor gave him the go-ahead to return to school today but stupid me FORGOT that he ran a fever last night of 100.1 so I made a fool of myself and called the preschool director to make sure it was ok with her that he return with the rash and she so very politely reminded me that he had a fever the night before (from Facebook, she doesn’t live with me or anything :) ). DUH!! I’m so stupid sometimes.

This was taken a few hours ago…

It’s already spreading. The doctor said she has seen allergic reactions like this last for three weeks. THREE WEEKS!!! Lord, I hope not! I feel so sorry for him. While we were waiting in line at the doctor’s office, a little girl behind us said, “Mommy, that little baby has dots allllllll over it’s face!” :(

Please continue to pray for Noah!