Allergy

So, I mentioned in Riley’s 13 month post that he evidently has an allergy to amoxicillin.  The timeline of events…..Thursday afternoon he starts a fever of 101, I give him some Tylenol.  Friday fever spikes up to 103.  I take him to pediatrician, everything checks out, must just be a virus.  Saturday/Sunday/Monday fevers all in the 102-103’s.  Call Monday, now day 5 of fever, take him in to pedi again and he has an ear infection.  They give him amoxicillin.  Day 4 of taking the meds he breaks out in a small rash, a fever rash basically.  It is gone the next day.  Day 8 of taking meds he breaks out in a rash that gets worse and worse, pictures below.  We stop the meds, take him to pedi who agrees yes, definitely allergic to the amoxicillin.  The rash was mostly gone when he woke up Saturday morning.  We had a great day, he was happy and smiling and playful all day!  Saturday (or Sunday really) at 3am he wakes up wailing…..he’s got diarrhea and his penis is inflamed and it is definitely hurting him.  This continues all day Sunday and when I talked to the pedi they said he is most likely having an allergic reaction to something, give him Benadryl, bring him in on Monday.  Monday I take him in even though his penis looks mostly better and the diarrhea has stopped but they drew some blood to do a full allergy work-up including all of the usual things (eggs, milk, peanuts…) and to also include salmon and pine nuts because the only new thing I introduced to him was salmon pesto pasta which he gobbled up two whole bowls of!  So now we wait to see what comes back.  My poor little man!  But I have to say, when they stuck the needle in his arm today he did not even flinch and he sat there watching the blood fill two vials without moving!  One tough little dude!

Day One (Wednesday):

Day Two (Thursday):

Day Three (Friday):