Friday morning NHL seemed so much better. The rash had lightened and the little guy wasn’t swollen at all. We decided to let him try nursery school and ask them to watch for anything and to call us immediately. Since we were convinced that the culprit of this entire allergic mess is somewhere in the classroom or center we wrote a note to his teachers and the director to give them a heads up.

JL just went to give NHL his Benedryl again at about 11:00. On his way there he received a call from daycare saying that something was up with NHL. By the time JL got there NHL started to complain that his legs hurt. He would NOT let anyone near him and was screaming again. I left school and eventually met the boys home. When they arrived I was able to get his pants off (with lots of screaming, hooting and hollering). Since he was so much better in the morning our guess is even more focused on something at daycare triggering him to get worse. We got the message from our doctor to take NHL to the ER immediately and to have them update with information.

We arrived at the ER at about 2:00 and got back into our car at about 7:40. The doctor there said it definitely looks like an allergic reaction, but he is worried about the swelling in his knees and other joints (one blood test came back slightly elevated that was related to that). They said that the likelihood of it becoming an anaphalatic reaction was slim to none with such a HUGE skin reaction. Of course he did say it could happen, but very unlikely. They also said they didn’t feel the need for steroids and just to use lots of benedryl and to call our doctor tomorrow. So we’re going to call him at one point today and will bring up a few things and demand a referral to get into an allergist ASAP next week. My biggest concern is why it’s so much worse at daycare.

Now it’s time to figure out lunch for all of us.

C’est Moi

From earlier today: JL stayed home with NHL today to take him to get seen at the doctor. Apparently they did not feel that it is anything viral since there are no other symptoms. Now we need to figure out what is causing this so-called allergic reaction. NHL was put on an antihistamine to try to help with the symptoms for now since Benedryl just knocks him out. Hopefully we won’t see this happen again. In thinking about items that may have caused this we wondered if it had anything to do with the painting they did at daycare. They just moved the kids back into the room earlier this week. We shall see what happens and how we can try to figure everything out.

From earlier this evening: Things are NOT going well with NHL. Tonight he’s been complaining more and more about hurting. Eventually he went to the couch and started whining. Now he’s in complete and total hysterics. He’s been screaming that everything hurts for 40+ minutes now. I called the emergency doctor number since his hands were swelling really badly and radiating heat. He’s so exhausted, but we’re afraid to let him sleep since his eyes were rolling back funny (again it may have been since he is so tired on top of all of this). I just have thoughts of when he had his febrile seizure and stopped breathing. *sigh*

Update from now: After giving NHL the benedryl that the doctor told us to do and cooling him off some he’s zonked out on the couch. We thought we were heading to the ER, but the doctor said to give it 40 minutes to see if he would calm down at all. He’s snoring and sleeping now, but he looks so miserable. I have a feeling it may be a really LONG night and we could end up in the ER. Below are some photos of things.

NHL’s face earlier this evening.

A not so great look at his tummy rash.

Hands starting to get red, swell and radiate heat.

In hysterics.

Almost asleep.

As I was finishing this up NHL just woke up and is in hysterics again. *sigh*

C’est Moi