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The adults had a great time, too (maybe Michael had too good of a time! hee hee), but the kids didn’t get off the dance floor!! We got our workout hanging out with them!! And Aaron was an angel last night. He did not cry one time the entire time at the church or the reception. And he napped a couple times in all that noise! So glad he can sleep anywhere!

Emma, Katelynn & Jacob didn’t sleep, though. They danced their hineys off!!

(Why do kids jump so much when they dance?)

This little guy came up and asked Katelynn to dance – it was so cute! He even asked Steven one time for permission!! LOL He tried to ask Emma, but she got embarrassed & hid behind my leg! Think I’ll be lucky enough for that to happen when she’s 15?!?!

Emma got to dance with her daddy more than I even did!! Aaron did dance a slow dance with me & Michael once – I gotta find out when the photographers post their pics b/c they got a couple of us dancing with Aaron that I really want to see!

I think Jacob might have stolen the show, though! He was shakin’ it for all the songs – he didn’t want to get off the dance floor! One lady even came over and said how much rhythm he had! Ha ha!

Here was my beauty before jumping around all over the dance floor!!

Emma had a blast! There were so many animals & she was able to touch & feed just about every one of them! This place is neat and would be fun for b’day parties – Emma’s would be hard to have there, though b/c it’s in December and it’s so hard to predict the weather for an outdoor party. They do have huge nice pavilions, though.

Don’t they look cute???

She is just recently brave enough to get this close to the animals to feed them…

All fears seemed to be gone & she was climbing in all their pens!!

Until the chicken decided to peck her finger, though!! She didn’t like that! HA HA!

She also tried her hand at tether ball!

Aaron, of course, enjoyed the day from the comfort of his shaded stroller!

She & daddy took a train ride, too – don’t they look so enthused???

This little guy grabbed the entire bag of food from Emma’s hand – Michael had to kinda run after him to make it drop it so we could get it back! LOL

The day was a lot of fun – but HOT! Summer is definitely here. Next time we’ll have to take our suits so we can get in the water, too.

Even with the Benadryl the doctor recommended by this morning it had become so much worse…

(this one is first thing this morning)(this one is from the exam room this morning about 2 hours after she got up)

The doctor gave us three prescriptions…two for antihistamines and another for a steroid. The only reason for the steroid was b/c her little face was so swollen and b/c her hands & feet hurt so bad from the swelling. She hasn’t really been able to walk much b/c her feet hurt so much. There are areas where the hives are starting to turn dark, almost like they are turning into bruises. The doctor said this was actually good b/c it meant those areas were healing.

There is nothing worse than seeing your babies sick and unhappy. I pray the medicines help her. When she is sick she never wants to eat anything – food, snacks, sweets or anything…so it’s been a struggle there to get food in her. And it still may be at least two days before the rash is gone, but I just hope all the swelling goes away today or at the latest in the morning. It is so scary seeing her like this. I almost rushed her to the emergency room, but her tongue and mouth weren’t swollen at all so I figured the drama of the ER wasn’t really needed – don’t want to scare her any more about going to the doctor than necessary.

Her files at the doctor’s office and the pharmacy are all updated to read that she is allergic to Penacillin now, just like mine say. Mother said her reaction ended up being a lot worse than the reaction I had when I was about her age to the antibiotics. I am just thankful it is only on the outside & that her tongue, throat, etc didn’t swell. And I guess it’s good this happened when she was so young – can you imagine the drama of a teenage girl waking up with her face all red, blotchy & swollen?!?!? We’ll have plenty other teenage drama without dealing with that one! LOL

]]> http://mishmish.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/allergic-reaction-update/feed/ 3 mishmish http://mishmish.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/drug-allergy-2/ http://mishmish.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/drug-allergy-2/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 14:04:54 +0000 MishMish http://mishmish.org/?p=3370 ]]> When I was about four years old I had an allergic reaction to Amoxicillin – I remember it, though vaguely & with a little help from mother – I had a severe rash, that was actually more like bruises all over & my joints didn’t work. It was like they froze up or maybe they just hurt so I didn’t walk – in either case, it wasn’t pleasant.

Emma has taken Augemtin before for an ear infection and I don’t remember her having a reaction. Last Thursday I took her to the doctor & she was given a prescription for it again (another ear infection). So, she’s been taking it ever since without any problems, but this morning when I woke her up I found that she had a rash all over her. It isn’t really raised – no bumps – more like red blotches all over her skin from her face, behind her ears, down her neck, chest and back and onto her legs. She doesn’t seem to be bothered by it at all and isn’t complaining of anything hurting. I immediately took pics of it and sent them to my parents and sure enough, mother said it looked similar to what happened to me when I was four. I called the doctor and he says most likely it is a reaction to the medicine – to quit giving it to her and give her some Benadryl, so that’s what I did. She is with the baby sitter now and apparently feeling fine. The rash was still there about 8:30, but I guess it’ll take a little time for the Benadryl to make it go away.

So…now when the doctors ask if she is allergic to anything I think we can safely say Penicillin, just like her mommy. It was pretty scary to see this morning, though – she was laying on her stomach so I didn’t see it at first, then when I turned her over to wake her and saw this red from head to toe it really made me catch my breath. I am just so thankful the reaction was only a skin reaction and not something respiratory that could have been very serious! Allergies like that really scare me.

Well, better late than never! Poor 2nd baby – I don’t have his baby book yet and his announcements are just now going out! Well, not even physically either – it’s been so long I’m not sure what the proper etiquette is on mailing out late birth announcements so I am just going to post them online! He’s still just as precious no matter his mother’s fopaux!!

Sable is under that boppy pillow, too!

Aaron is growing so fast – I cannot believe he is already over two months old!!! And his big sister just loves him to death! I have to keep a watchful eye b/c she wants to hug & kiss on him all the time and I’ve caught her a couple of times trying to pick him up, too!! Oops! She does love him, though and I am so happy for that!

We had a good weekend together, too – even though Emma has been sick. She has had an ear infection in both ears – I think she is just about to get well, though…I hope. We were actually supposed to go out of town, but the weather said that there were supposed to be thunderstorms in East Texas and Emma was starting to get sick at that time so we decided it would be better to stay home. We went out to dinner & out for ice cream (b/c that’s what you do when you’re sick, right)…it turned out the weather wasn’t bad as predicted but since Emma wasn’t feeling good I was glad we didn’t go around Grannie & get her sick, too. Sunday she started feeling better so we went to a church bazaar in the afternoon – it was a lot of fun and Emma had a great time!

She road a ponyShe petted the animals

She had a Hello Kitty painted on her hand

and she made two painted frisbees – one for her and one for Aaron

She had a great time, while Aaron slept the entire time! Ha ha! He tends to do that, though. I think she is on the end of this sickness now & hopefully before Thursday will be back running at full speed again – Lord help us! Even sick she keeps me running. And it won’t be long until Aaron is the same way – he is so strong already. When he is inclined you can watch him try his hardest to pull his head forward like he is trying to sit up or something! Slow down baby!!! I’m not ready for you to be running all over the place just yet!!

Emma was still sick this morning, but by the afternoon was feeling
better so we went out for the afternoon. I think being outside
actually did her some good. Tonight she seems to be feeling better
still, but I’m going to continue her medicine for one more day to be
sure.

It’s amazing how big Aaron is now – he is two months old now, but he is already over 16 pounds. At his two month check up he weighed 16lbs 6oz. Only 3.5lbs until he will be too big for his carrier. That being the case we went ahead and bought a booster seat for Emma b/c once Aaron hits 20lbs he’ll inherit her car seat. She loves her new booster seat – it’s a high-backed booster seat (the back will come off when she is big enough) and it’s HOT PINK! That’s the part she loves! LOL!

I’m already starting to see a difference in Aaron’s personality compared to his sister – he likes to be outside just as much as she does, but he also likes to ride in the car and snuggle with mommy a lot more than her. When Emma was his age she wasn’t a fan of being strapped into her carrier. I would pick her up from the babysitter and all I could do was turn up the radio for the ten minute ride home b/c she would cry the whole way and there was nothing I could do to soothe her. When Aaron is upset he can be in the car about five minutes and then he gets quiet & often times just soothes off to sleep. We’ve been taking walks in the evenings and he is that way with his stroller, too. He may fuss for a little bit, but mostly he just enjoys being on the move!

He also loves to be snuggled up next to me – Emma did some when she was his age, but not so much and today she snuggles very little. I guess that’s a difference between the girls and boys. Girls seem to become more independent faster than most boys – she mostly just snuggles when she is really tired or not feeling well now. He does sleep well like Emma, though. I have always been able to lay Emma down in her bed awake, even at his age and she would fall asleep easily. I never had to rock her to sleep, though sometimes I did b/c I wanted to!! Aaron is easy to put down most nights, too. Unless he has tummy problems, I can lay him down with his pacifier awake and he’ll usually just drift off to sleep (something I say thanks for when I pray!!).

This weekend we were supposed to go to East Texas, but the weather turned nasty and Emma has a pretty bad cough and has had a touch of diarrhea so we decided it would be best to stay home. I don’t know if it’s allergies or a cold – it’s just a cough and just today started with a runny nose, too (mostly clear). I think the cough is really just related to the drainage and that may be what’s aggravating her tummy, too. Might not be a bad idea to get her on some Claritin till it passes, too.

I need to get everything together this weekend for Monday, too. I planned to take frozen milk to the babysitter’s for Aaron this week, but kept forgetting so I’ll have to carry that Monday if we don’t drop it off this weekend. Plus get a bag ready for him with extra clothes and a package of diapers to leave and the fridge container for fresh milk, too. My plan is pump every day at work and bring that straight to Grammy’s fridge so she’ll only need the frozen for back up milk. I was only able to nurse with Emma for a little over 4 months – I really hope I’m able to skip formula all together with Aaron. That would be so great! We’ll see how well that works out!

Aaron is snoozing right now and Emma is resting on the couch (she doesn’t nap much anymore, but since she isn’t feeling great I hope she’ll take a quick nap) – so I think I might try to rest my eyes. I can never nap, but I was up quite a bit last night and had an early morning (we went out to b’fast with the neighbors) so I’m pretty sleepy.

I had such a blast tonight at Painting with a Twist! I think we are going to make this a monthly thing now!!