I mentioned yesterday I had to take both boys to the doctor for allergic reactions. Jake had a rash on his arm, but Luke -- who had been completely well the night before -- had awakened with his eyes swelling shut, and his nose and mouth inflamed and swelling... with some sort of itching on his chin that wasn't really a rash. He had eaten the same things we had, slept in the same sheets laundered in the same detergents, had not consumed anything different than ordinary, and had not come into contact with anything that we could identify as an allergen.
Luke had called me from his house (rented near his university) -- and said he could drive to meet us back at the house to go with us to the doctor. Only, he called when he was about half-way and said it had gotten worse, and could we pick him up. We met with him and both Jake and I freaked -- he looked terrible -- very swollen and almost unrecognizable. I'm surprised he had been able to even drive that far.
The doctor took one look at him (from across the room) and didn't even want to step closer. I am so not happy with that doctor, it's not even funny. He barely spent five minutes in the room with both kids ($186.00 worth of five minutes) and gave Jake antibiotics (which are working) and by just scanning Luke from the door, decided that he needed a cortizone shot with an antihistamine (I have no idea what kind). I watched Luke carefully all night long, since he wasn't improving. Making sure the swelling wasn't worse and that he could breathe.
By this afternoon, with still no improvement, I called the doctor back who then called in another dose-pack of cortizone. Luke's taken a dose and already I can see some improvement.
We still don't have a clue what it could be. He showed me a rash now starting on his hands. Hopefully, the dose pack will take care of both.
(I'm still pissed at that doctor, though.)
Posted by toni at February 24, 2004 05:08 PM