The one thing I can say about my daughter -- even when she's feeling off, she still has the best disposition.
The story goes we had been monitoring a breakout / rash that's been spontaneously showing up on her arms, legs, belly, back, face... yeah, you get the point. It would come out as hives, mostly at night, and she would scratch them. She even got her face so bad one day that it started bleeding. =(
We hadn't given her anything new to eat, and we weren't using anything new that would be in contact with her skin, so the origins were unknown to us. Chris had a minor skin reaction to something in our yard the previous weekend but he had been very cautious about coming in contact with her while it was irritating him, and the hives weren't anything like the rash he had.
Chris finally brought her to the pediatrician's office on Wednesday because her face was looking bad and puffy... but unfortunately without seeing the actual hives the doctor didn't have much to go on. They took a strep test - it came back negative, so at least we knew it wasn't anything too serious. She told us to just keep the face dry and moisturized, much like her regimen for eczema, and keep an eye on it should the hives surface again.
Sure enough, Sunday afternoon as soon as she woke up from her nap, Chris noticed them on her face and arm. Of course, at this point it was about 2:15pm in the afternoon, and the office closed at 3pm on Sundays (have I ever mentioned how much I love our pediatrician's office for this????) but I called, they asked how close we were, and said if we came RIGHT NOW we could be seen. Poor Samma was in the middle of eating her lunch, but I scooped her up and hopped in the car.
The hives at this point had started spreading to her stomach, and the poor thing couldn't help but itch. The good news it that the doctor was finally able to see what we were seeing and deducted it was viral... luckily the strep test came back negative again, and she advised Benadryl every 6 hours for the next 3-4 days (we're on day 3 of it now). She also prescribed an antibiotic ointment for where she scratched her face to bleeding, and that's 3 times a day until it goes away.
In addition, we were told not to give her anything new -- sorry Samma, no peanut butter & banana sammich for your birthday -- and to monitor if/when the hives came back. If they do come back over 3-4 weeks, we're supposed to let them know and then we'll have to see an allergist for further testing. I'm crossing my fingers it doesn't have to get to that.
And when all was said and done, she still got her popsicle.
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