Attack of the Hives

You may think that this post is about crazed African Bees, but you would be wrong, it is also not about the music group. Here is a picture of Tommy last night (1/15), he was happy... recovering from an ear infection treated with amoxicillin--you may notice some small red blotches on his right forehead (nothing a little base can't cover).

Here is a "before" picture:



Another picture from last night:

Now the after pictures: (Kassie said he looked like he was wearing a mask)

His face may have been too swollen to smile....

His eyes were almost swollen shut:

I did call the nurse because his skin looked black and blue after his nap. I was a little worried!! Of course they said to bring him in. They looked him over and the doctor said he was fine and that hives can become a bruise-like color. I wish the nurse would have just told me over the phone so we didn't have to make the fourth trip to the doctor in two weeks. Needless to say we had a stressful day making sure Tommy was not having trouble breathing and giving him benadryl every 6 hours.

The final diagnosis........

Penicillin allergy, so now we are two for two with both kids allergic to that ever useful antibiotic.