A visit to the ER
You know how I've been talking about this "hives" issue with Christopher? Sunday was a BAD day! He woke up with them....they were quickly spreading...and by the afternoon he was covered even though I had already given him Benedryl (twice). I called the "on call" doctor and he prescribed Prednisone, he actually called it in. He then slept for a few hours....and me going in there like every 5 minutes making sure he was still breathing. By 6pm I finally HAD IT! Nothing I was doing was working, so off to the ER we went!
It took almost 2 hours before we were even called into triage. The poor lady sitting next to us, I think she was scared. It took her about an hour to finally ask "what are all those red dots?". LOLOL I kindly told her to not worry..they weren't contagious, or at least...I didn't have it yet, and my hands had been touching him ALL day! When we were finally called to triage, they took one look at him, called in a doctor, were told to hook him up on an IV and get him in a bed. I guess they didn't want us back out in the waiting room scarying everyone! No...thats not it. Get this..turns out its NOT hives! Well this time it's not! He has a viral infection, like a cold or flu and his body is attacking it and this is what is happening! My doc explains it as uptight person who you walk up to and jab and they freak out! Well his immune system is freaking out! Poor guy!It has a fancy name....I'll spare you the details on that...because the pictures they show of it are just icky. His is bad...but NOT even as drastic as what I've seen on the web. Basically he caught a bug, most likely at school maybe a week or so ago. Everyone at school is sick right now! You can sorta see the rash in the picture above...that is after we came home. Obviously that is where his IV was. He's out of school until Thursday. Not because he's contagious....mostly because the school might think he is...and because he really just needs his body to rest and the meds make him sleepy. I just thought I'd fill ya'll in since I talk about it all the time. Let's hope it goes away quickly and NEVER comes back! I've NEVER seen anything like it!
Hi there...ok, this is so weird! Finally I see someone else who had this strange rash! I broke out with a very similar one about 10 years ago The doctors in the ER were totally stumped! It never came back, so I didn't think twice about it...and now you've cleared up this age old mystery for me. :) I'm sorry Christopher (and you) had to go through this. I hope he's feeling better soon!
Posted by: Stacey | March 29, 2008 at 07:51 PM
Hurry up, Nicole, and post something new!!! HA!! Every time I pull up your blog to see what's new....I am grossed out by that picture of pooooor Christopher's arm!!! HELP ME!!! Hugs, Trudy
Posted by: Trudy | February 15, 2008 at 10:20 AM
ohhh my goshhh..that poor kid!!!
How's he doing today?
Have a Happy Heart day :)
hugs..
sam
Posted by: sandy wood | February 14, 2008 at 03:25 PM
Hi Nicole,
So sorry to read about Christopher. Hang in there as this too shall pass. Shana has a wierd skin condition at times also. It's not a pleasant thing. You're both in my thoughts.
Sandy
Posted by: Sandy Ziegler | February 14, 2008 at 08:48 AM
OMG that looks so bad. Good thing it's not too bad. I hope he feels better soon. And I love my Annie,but then you knew I would right??
Posted by: redgeraniumcottage | February 14, 2008 at 12:10 AM
Hi there. I was surfing a few blogs and saw post about a rash that their child has.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_disease
I just thought u might be interested. Take care, hope your son gets well soon.
~Kim
Posted by: kim | February 13, 2008 at 05:09 PM
Poor thing! I hope you feel better soo, Christopher. Hang in there. Both of you!
Nicole, thanks for my Lil' Annies. She's super cute like the rest of your dollies.
Posted by: Doe | February 13, 2008 at 05:04 PM
Wow, scary. I will pray for your son. I can inagen how you must feel.
May God be with you and your son to give you strength and wisdom to get through this quickly. Ruby
Posted by: Ruby | February 13, 2008 at 07:40 AM
My goodness, Nicole!! Poor Christopher, and you, too!!! Let's hope this takes care of itself VERY quickly!! Hugs to all, Trudy
Posted by: Trudy | February 12, 2008 at 09:07 PM
Ya... poor C... no school for 4 days! LOL! I'm not feeling too too sorry for him now that I know he's okay :) I bet a little x box will make him feel better! I'll see you guys in a few weeks! Can't wait! I'll have to challenge him to a little guitar hero so tell him to practice during this down time!!
Posted by: Missy | February 12, 2008 at 03:47 PM
bless his heart, glad you took him in and got it all fixed up..rest and motherly love, and thank God for meds!
Posted by: Tina Wright | February 12, 2008 at 02:18 PM
Bless his heart..poor guy..glad you took him in find out what the deal was!
Posted by: Tina Wright | February 12, 2008 at 02:16 PM
Good grief, thank goodness you took him in. Shocking and creepy!
Posted by: pam | February 12, 2008 at 01:44 PM
oh my gosh! how aweful! how your son is feeling better soon! : )
Posted by: Mel | February 12, 2008 at 12:56 PM
Oh, poor baby. I bet mom was scared to death huh? We all hate seeing our babies sick. I'm glad he's on the mend!
Posted by: Beth | February 12, 2008 at 08:46 AM
Nicole I am so glad that you took him to the ER and they found out what the problem was. I am sure between the meds and sleep he will be as good as new soon!
I had something similiar to that at one time and when I went in to the Dr. he brought in other Dr's. in the office to look at me and they pulled out the Medical Journals... really scared me, but it also was related to immune system issues. I was good as new in about 3-4 days.
Take Care and God Bless!
Cindy
Posted by: Cindy Burleson | February 12, 2008 at 06:52 AM
Oh your poor son! I hope he is resting comfortably. How scary for you both!
Posted by: Lisa D. | February 12, 2008 at 06:37 AM
Awww poor him!!! I don't know such an illness.... but I sure hope they know how to controll it in the future :) Hugs to you both!
Posted by: Tina Poulsen | February 12, 2008 at 01:36 AM