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Saturday, January 23, 2010

An Allergic Reaction

So Thursday afternoon we ended up taking Noah to MMC Emergency Room. His rash was making his face swell to the point he had trouble opening his eyes. Walking into the ER the registration desk immediately interupted the nurse to come look at Noah, and with a room full of patients we were the second called out back to the ER. Doctors at first were not convinced that this was in fact an allergic reaction, and we saw many doctors in the ER. Finally they were convinced and began steroid treatment and benedryl through the Gtube after failure to find a vien for an IV. After a couple of hours Noah's rash had begun to transform for the better. After confessing my concern, they had the admitting doctors come take a look. They felt my concern about the siezures but also had concerns of their own. They wanted to keep him over night and run some blood work to make sure that this wasnt an super severe allergic reaction that would concern Noahs bladder, kidneys, etc. So they admitted him, did a finger poke to get blood, urine bag, and ran tests. Thankfully there was no reason for concern and all test came back fine. His rash had improved more overnight, and we were comfortable heading home. Or as comfortable as I would be. We have started a new med. Fingers crossed...breath held....I hope this works and there are no reactions..... although Im used to all these bumps in the road...I really preferred the smooth road that we had been traveling on before for a while. Lets hope this road meets up with that one very shortly!

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