Spotted Squeaky!

Early in December Rondalynn started getting a runny nose but was still happy, then she added some fevers to that runny nose and a little fussiness as well as trying to chew on anything she could get her hands on!

I figured she was getting another tooth and when I checked her gums they were hard and you could feel the teeth just waiting to pop through. So I just treated her symptoms and tried to make her comfortable and for the most part she was still her happy self.

But after a couple days the fevers didn't get better and were starting to get worse and she started acting like she wasn't feeling good. She wasn't pulling on her ears or anything so I didn't think it was an ear infection but it was something so we called up her amazing pediatrician, Dr. Milius, and went in to see him.

He agreed she wasn't feeling well and also that she was teething but of course she would want to do both of those things at the same time! And since she was getting her molars the teething and pain can be worse. Then he checked her ears and even though she wasn't showing signs of an ear infection or acting like they hurt she has a mild ear infection in one ear and the start of one in the other ear.

So he wrote her a prescription for Amoxicillan (yes I know I killed that spelling!) for her to have twice a day. We went over the signs to look for, for an allergic reaction since this was the first time she was going to have to take anything but Tylenol or Motrin. Luckily I worked with Dr. Milius at Cardon's before he and another doctor opened their practice so I fully trust him and he knows how long I've worked in the medical field so I know what to look for and everything like that when it came to meds and reactions

We get it filled and she starts it and within 24 hours was acting more like her always happy self and wasn't having any issues so we continued on with our every day routine and continued the medication.

On day 7 of 10 on the antibiotic we got up, got ready, I gave her the morning dose, and then we headed to my mom's for the day to hang out.

Since I'm very pregnant when I pull up to the house I normally call my mom to have her or someone run out to help bring her in since I'm not suppose to be lifting over a certain amount of weight which Rondalynn and her car seat combined surpasses!

My mom came out and pulled the car seat out of the back seat while I walked around to get the diaper bag and my bag. Before I could get around the front of the car my mom said she has a rash!

Of course I said no she doesn't! I mean I had just put her in her car seat to come over no more than 20 minutes before and she was fine and rash free! But my mom insisted she did and before I got over there I could see on her happy kicking legs little red spots!

Sure enough she had a rash! When we got inside and took her out of her seat I looked her over and it was a typical allergic reaction rash! Mild on the arms, hands, legs, feet, and face and moderate on her chest, tummy, butt, and girly area.

It had to be from the antibiotic since that was the only thing new that had been introduced into her system in the past two weeks and because she is my daughter she would of course break out in the rash on day 7 which is about the all clear time. If you don't have a reaction before or on day 7 you are pretty much in the clear!

You could tell that she was starting to itch but I was at a loss at this point what to give them since at work we don't give Benadryl to many kids under age two unless they really need it.

So I called her doctor's office to talk to the nurse and they agreed that it was an allergic reaction to the antibiotic and now we will have to list that as a med that she can't take. She told me the dose of Children's Benadryl she can have and what else to give her and do to help with the itching and discomfort and that the rash could last for up to a week!

So Miss Rondalynn is allergic to the Penicillin family of meds and in true Kassi form I took pictures of her with her rash so we could remember the Spotted Squeaky!

As you can tell she was happy still and the pictures above where from day two and three of the rash!

But below................

Is what she looked like for day four-six!

And because the rash got so much worse, which we knew it would be it has to get better before it can get worse, we were having to give her Benadryl around the clock to help with the itching and to get rid of it!

But in time it went away and she is 100% rash free and her happy, fun, playful self!