Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Saga of THE RASH

Ugh this rash is soooo frustrating! We have now been doing this since July 29th. So insane that no one can figure this out. We have now been to 2 pediatricians, 2 dermatologists, and Childrens healthcare E.R.. We have had different diagnoses from each one. Virus aka(we don't know) rash in the chicken pox family, hives, allergic reaction to vaccines, etc. So here we are September 16th and not any closer to figuring this thing out. You might think that its just a rash no big deal. BUT it is causing her to be irritable, itchy, inpatient, aggressive, she has loss of sleep, and just can't be a baby. We start the day not too spotty maybe just a few here and there. Then as the day progresses so do the spots and by the end of the day they are raging. I then feed her dinner and then put her in the bath. Bath usually calms them down. Then she has her nightly dose of Benadryl and falls restlessly asleep. Then starts the waking up every hour and the crying and screaming etc till morning. What is this? Food allergy, allergy to something she is coming in contact with? And what would that be? Nothing has changed since she turned 1. I don't know. I have cut things out of her diet to see if it made a difference and it didn't. We changed her detergent and no difference. I just don't know. We are going back to the Dr on Friday and I am going to demand some testing for major food allergens and then progress from there. UGH this sucks! I am going to post pics from the 2nd week of this til now

the first pic is at the hospital on Aug. 8th
the next is Sept. 12th
the 3rd is Sept 14th
the 4th is Sept 15th

She is like this everyday I have been sporadically taking pictures.

1 comment:

sweetb said...

poor Kinsey loo-whoo:( At least now you have some idea as to what it is