The Grass Family Chronicles

So, to add to the chaos of the day, Jakey developed a mysterious case of hives today. He didn't have them when he woke up, but about an hour later was yelling and scratching his neck. I noticed it was red, so I took off his pajamas to take a closer look and he had hives all over his body. They didn't seem to bother him that much, so I left them alone for a few hours. At lunchtime, I called the doctor's office and they suggested I give him some Benedryl. I did that, and other than taking a fantastic nap, it didn't help at all. In fact, the hives were worse and had spread to his face! I called the doctor again and they told me to bring him in. He doesn't have strep, which I was worried about (I thought Caleb might have it because he had a 105F fever all weekend!) but apparently it's just a reaction to the fever he had and probably the cold he's fighting off. There's a name for it but it's long and I forgot what it's called already. There's nothing to do about it but wait for it to go away on it's own. Thankfully it doesn't seem to bother him at all. He does like to show it off, though!


Two doctor's office visits in one day - I wonder what else will happen this week?

Posted in: on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at at 8:28 PM