Well, it was right back to the pediatricians' office again today. Seems Olivia has developed
an allergy to another antibiotic. YIKES! She had a reaction to a penicillin drug at 4 and has
used another drug safely ever since. I knew there was a small chance of cross-sensitivity with
this other drug and would only give it to her after school on school days just in case. Despite
using it about 4 or 5 times now in the last 6 years, last night she broke out in a Trifecta of
rashes. She had a sunburn type rash all over her trunk and a prickly rash in the middle of
her chest. This was accompanied by a fever and my first thought was scarlet fever, which
can happen with strep. This morning though, I could see hives were also present in the mix.
Poor thing was itching like a monkey. I made a doc appointment and gave her Benadryl.
My first reaction was "for crying out loud, isn't anything gonna be easy in this family?"
I really get ticked at times at the constant medical things going on. Before Tim's dx, I had
years of my own issues so it really feels sometimes like we never get a break but I have to stop
when my mind goes there. I take a breath and put things into perspective immediately.
It's not great to have drug allergies but look at all those kids, my niece is one, that have nut
allergies as well as other foods. Those parents live with constant fear. No one is gonna give
my daughter penicillin or omnicef at a birthday party and put her life in jeopardy. Sometimes
when I am reading some blogs that I follow, I link to other blogs and this week I stumbled
onto blogs about kids with neuroblastoma. Some have died. I cannot sit here and go to pieces
over some freekin' hives. The misery these people are living every second of every day had
me crying at the computer yesterday. So our wonderful doc made a plan to use something
safe that will put my mind at ease while we are on our vacation and we will hope it clears this
strep effectively. No biggie in the big picture of things. We make adjustments and we keep moving on. And we remember all kids with cancer, and their families, in our prayers at night.
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The Big C does seem to rob family and friends of their right to complain about "ordinary" problems and challenges. And that's not fair! It doesn't make garden variety crap any less difficult, it just gives you a wider perspective. Hats off on your gracious acknowledgment, though, and I hope Olivia is all better soon.
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