The day started innocently enough with a trip to Mimi and Pawpaw's house (early) so Jason could go hunting. Early that morning, Jackson took a spill and ended up with a bloody nose. Not a bad one, but still a bloody nose. Then he tripped and bumped his eye on his toddler chair - just a scratch though. About mid morning, we realized he was developing some sort of rash (or either he had been bitten by some type of bug) - with his sensitive skin you can just never tell! A little after lunch, Jackson broke free from the adults and decided to take matters into his own hands. He tried to climb back up on the 4 wheeler unassisted, but instead grabbed the (very hot) exhaust pipe in the meantime. So now we have a very upset boy with a burned right palm. There was a lot of crying and fussing for a long while after that one! I paged our pediatrician (to see if we needed to take him to the hospital), but Dr. Narayanan just told us how to bandage it and called us in some Silvadene cream to a pharmacy in Grenada. We finally got him all bandaged up and calmed down and thought the worst was behind us. Rough afternoon let me tell you! Hurt his mama and daddy's feelings something serious!
Later that night, after several uneventful hours and eating out with the family, we think we are in the clear. Not the case. Jackson was not a big fan of the bandage on his hand and tried on numerous occasions to remove it. He couldn't stand it! While running around Mimi and Pawpaw's house later than night, Jackson tripped on something and landed on his face. He cried for just a minute and was back at it again. Not but a few minutes later, Jason and I noticed his lip was swollen. At first we thought it was from his tumble, but it didn't take long to realize we were not that lucky! His sweet lip just kept swelling to an amazing size! Needless to say, we freaked out!! The right side of his lip was GIGANTIC in minutes and after a few minutes of watching the swelling progress even after giving him Benadryl, we were in the truck (flashers and all) on the way to the ER!
Based on history and others stories from the Grenada Lake Medical Center ER, we were not excited about taking him there, but it was our only choice at the time. I jumped out of the truck with Jackson and ran into the ER and said "My baby is having an allergic reaction. I need someone to look at him NOW!" Expecting to have to fill out paperwork and show proof of insurance before before being seen, I was pleasantly surprised I didn't have to cause a scene to get a medical professional to check out my baby! Within one minute of uttering the words "my baby is having an allergic reaction" he was in a room AND being attended to by two EMTs, two nurses, and the doctor! Crazy fast treatment! Before Jason even had time to park the truck and get inside the building he had a pulse ox monitor on his foot and the doctor was checking him out!
After another dose of Benadryl, a little prelone, a shot of epi, and a few hours of observation, we were on our way home with the diagnosis of sulfa allergy. Seems he must have cut the inside of his lip a little during his tumble and then ingested some silver sulfadiazine cream while trying to chew his bandage off his hand. Terrifying. There goes the NKDA label for my boy - sulfa allergy documented now! It took about 8 hours before his lip went back down to a normal size! Needless to say, we were some stressed out parents! Jackson (who never sleeps with us - ever) slept in between us all night long! Well - he and Jason slept while I laid there the majority of the night making sure my baby was still breathing!
It was one of the longest days ever. Praise the Lord he responded to the medication and now he's back to normal...well except for the burnt hand and a few scratches!
Is this what it's like to raise a boy?!? :)
If so...I'm not sure if this mama can handle many more days like that one! Whew...I'm tired!
