The Kirk Boys: Allergic

I started to get a few red spots on my belly during the afternoon today. After an hour or so they had doubled in number. I took my bath and went to bed because I was acting normal...I didn't have a fever and ate dinner normally. Around midnight I started crying pretty bad. Mommy and Daddy tried to soothe me back to sleep for about an hour (with all the lights off of course). After that didn't work, they turned on the lamp and knew immediately that we had to go to the ER. My body was covered in those red spots - head to toe. I think Mommy was freaking out a bit, but she was trying to stay calm for me.

When we got to the ER there was no one in the waiting room, but unfortunately we had to still wait about 45 minutes before we were seen. When the doctor finally came in she asked Mommy and Daddy a bunch of questions and looked at my skin with a super bright light. She determined that since I had been taking Augmentin for an ear infection (I had taken 9 days worth) that I was allergic to Penicillin (Augmentin is in the Penicillin family of medicine). The doctor said the red bumps could stick around for 6-10 days.

We got home from the ER around 4:30 in the morning. I was pretty tired and went back to sleep pretty quickly. I slept until around 9:30 that morning, but when I woke up I was super itchy. All the doctor said for me to take was Benadryl. So, Mommy kept me on it to help with the uncomfortableness! All I did for the next few days was sit and sleep in Mommy's arms - Daddy had to work. I didn't really eat much - just drank a lot of Gatorade.

The bumps would start out really red and spread through out my body. As they spread, they would get bigger and they itched me all over! As they would fade away, they would look like bruises. As some bumps faded away new ones would appear. It was a really rough couple of days for us all, but after 7 days, all the bumps were gone!!!

Mommy and Daddy didn't take many pictures until day 4 of the bumps.