first trip to the ER

Michael had his first trip to the ER this morning.

It all started yesterday. After his late afternoon nap (yes, he still likes his 5:00 nap), he had a few bumps on face...nothing big though. We put a little Cortizone on them and after a while they went away. Then when we undressed him for his bath, he had more under his arm and on his back. It concerned us a little more, but we put more Cortizone on them since the first ones went away. I was still nervous. He slept good even with us going in to check on him a thousand times.

This morning he had a few more bumps, but nothing big. The longer he was awake, the worse it got. Derek had to go to work a little early, so I was getting Michael ready before Anna got here. When I started showing her, it was way worse. I freaked out. It was more like hives than bumps. It would be white and red around the spots. I called his doctor, but of course, you just have to leave a message for them to call back. By the time I got off the phone, it was all over his back, arms, face, everywhere. I called Jo Lynn and she came to help me get him to the ER. Anna packed up his bag, made him a bottle and locked everything up for us. Daddy met us there.

These pictures don't do it justice. It was the worst around his diaper and on his back. They gave him Benadryl and watched him for a while. By the time the (not so great, don't ever go to him) doctor got there, the hives were gone and the boy was so sleepy. He never really acted like the hives bothered him and he didn't ever breathe funny (thank the Lord!).


the Benadryl was kicking in at this point...


The only thing that we can think of that we did different yesterday was give him real bananas. We cut them up into small bite sized pieces for him to eat with his new teeth. I don't know if he just had too much or what, but we are going to lay off the bananas for a while. A special thank you goes out to the sweet nurses who answered all of our questions and didn't look at us like we stupid first time parents, Anna for helping get us packed up and to Grandma for helping get us to the ER.