Happy Thanksgiving

A happy late thanksgiving to everyone!! This year we are very thankful for a healthy baby. Let me get you up to speed on our past two days.

Yesterday morning, I went in to get Brigitta up for the day and was definitely surprised to see her covered head to toe with large, red hives! I was a little upset not knowing exactly what to do. So, I called my mom, who immediately called a good family friend who is also a nurse. Our immediate thought was a reaction to her latest dose of antibiotics for an ear and sinus infection. She originally was on amoxicillin and that didn't see to do the job, so we went to augmentin.

I then got on the phone with the on call nurse since the doctor's office was closed and I feel such a sense of relief when our nurse was from Children's Hospital in Seattle. We stopped her antiobiotics immediately and started her on Benadryl. That seemed to help keep everything at bay. We were told to watch her breathing and make sure her eyes didn't swell shut. Thankfully, nothing like that happened. We enjoyed Thanksgiving with no major problems.

This morning she was whimpering and crying in her crib at 5, so I went into get her and her face was very swollen and her eyes were almost shut. So, yet again, I called the on call nurse and I was told to up her benadryl and see the doctor as soon as possible.

We got to the doctor early this morning and his diagnosis was that she is allergic to penicillin based drugs just like her mom and this was her body's way of dealing with it all. She is now on prednisone for the hives and swelling and another antiobiotic to still deal with her ear infection. I'm also rubbing cortisone cream all over her body to deal with the hives and any itching that can come from it.

She is currently napping soundly while we relax a little that our baby girl is getting better and I'm ordering vitamins galore to get her immune system back up and running strongly!

We hope you all are having an enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday with friends and family!