Bad to Worse

The hives got worse before they got better. Friday night, 3-2-07, we had to take Maya to the Urgent Care near our house. Her legs were purple under the hives and her whole body seemed swollen and she could not stop itching. Plus her fever spiked up pretty high. We didn't notice how bad her legs had gotten until it was bath time. We called the after hours nurse and she eventually told us to take her to the ER. So we did. They looked her over and discovered that even after a few days of her new antibiotic her ears were still very red. But also, the hives were horrible, and they prescribed some medicine stronger than Benedryl to help with the itching. It did help. The hives finally cleared up by Monday. Maya also finished the antibiotic on Monday.

(These pictures were actually taken when she was looking a little better -- but still very hard to look at. AND NO that isn't dirty bath water, it is an OATMEAL BATH to help with the itching!)

Unfortunately, Tuesday was the day she was scheduled for her Urinary Reflux testing that she had last year. The sonogram doesn't hurt her, but she just is very leary of what they are doing and why and fused throughout it. Next was the nuclear cystogram..... basically 10-15 minutes of torture. Anyway, she screamed through the whole thing, but we are glad it is over for this year. We saw the Urologist on Thursday to go over the results. Bad news is she still has reflux, but good news was it is now only on one side. Last year the reflux was on both sides or to both kidneys. It give me some hope that maybe she will outgrow this with out surgery, which is obviously what we are praying for.

So, Thursday night... Maya's fever spikes again. I just knew she still had an ear infection. She fell asleep in my arms at dinner....... this NEVER happens. Which brings me to the current Friday - TODAY.... I call the Dr. this morning to get a re check on her ears. Sure enough, she still has DOUBLE ear infections. (she also picked up a pretty bad cough) We are trying one more round of antibiotics and if this doesn't clear it up, then they are sending her to an ear specialist!! :( ENOUGH ALREADY -- I want my healthy, happy daughter back, PLEASE.

I drop the Prescription off at the pharmacy and go back a half hour later to pick it up -- very anxious to get her started on it. The Pharmacist says "we have a note that she is allergic to penicillin...," "YES," I say. The lady goes on to explain that those who have that allergy are sometimes also allergic to this antibiotic and she thought she should call my dr. to make sure they knew she had the allergy. I tell her they definitely know and I want to go ahead and fill it. She agrees and tells me just to watch for any signs. So, I call the Dr. back after pulling away and when I finally get a hold of them this afternoon, they say it is okay to try this medicine. She had 2 doses today...and I pray it works and that she is NOT allergic to it.

Just to show you that she is looking so much better, here is a picture of M&M riding in Daddy's truck this afternoon. Maya is working on taking her pony tail out that I JUST PUT UP.