I've been informed I haven't given an update on little Drew. He's doing much better now (except for the lingering ear infection that he can't have antibiotics for )! So, here's what happened: On Wednesday he came down with the rash and we saw the doctor for the first time. Then it got worse on Thursday and we started the benadryl. By Friday it had moved to his face (and every single spot of his body) and started looking like bruises. We saw the doctor again and they took his blood for some testing. By that night he wouldn't stand on his legs without shaking and wouldn't crawl on his right leg. I did 3 hours of research on the Internet that night after he went to bed and came to the conclusion it was something called serum sickness. He woke up at 2am with swollen hands and feet and then started vomiting 4 times in 15 mins. That's when I rushed him to the ER (where he threw up 2 more times... with blood in it). When they saw that they hooked him up to an IV and called an ambulance to take him up the Children's hospital instead. We spent the next day and a half sitting in a hospital room watching his rash slowly disappear. The conclusion after lots of doctors taking a peak at him... serum sickness. Don't you love when you're right! They're really wasn't anything that needed to be done except watch him, give him fluids through IV and make sure nothing crazy happened internally. I just held him most the time as he slept, played, and threw up. We went home on Sunday afternoon and the rash was fully gone by Tuesday. Not a mark left on him! Crazy! No more Penicillin family antibiotics for him! Thank you all for your prayers and calls.
Here are a couple pics form the fun weekend. Sorry for the iPhone quality and my loss of sleep/ no make up look! lol!
8 comments:
O my goodness! How sad! I'm so glad he is feeling better. That is so scary! You are such a good mother April! Those doctors should have listened to you. I love how you can find anything on the internet. That is how we do a lot of our research when Ella is sick.
Wow, April... what a scary ordeal. I'm so glad that Drew is on the mend. Those pictures of his rash are crazy and it sounds it got a lot worse. I hope you're all recouperating! We miss you guys (and I miss trading dinners)!
Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! I'm so happy he is feeling better and that you were able to pinpoint what it was!
Oh that is so so scary April! Did it just drive you crazy to know all along and still have to wait for the doctors to figure it out?? I'm so glad he's okay!!! Even with a rash- what a cutie :)
YIKES!!!! Poor guy!! I'm so glad he's feeling better and I hope life is getting back to normal for you! That's so scary!
Oh my sweet boy! Those pictures are heart wrenching! I'm so glad he's feeling better. We prayed for you guys every day. Love you! Hoping to see you sometime this summer ;)
Sweet Little Drew! It just breaks my heart. I spent many nights at Children's worrying over my little dude. I can imagine how you felt! How/Why does serum sickness happen?
o my goodness April. I hope things have calmed down a bit now. Poor thing. both of you. I hope he is up and running in no time. take care.
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