Caleb has a wonderful team of doctors that oversee his health. His pediatrician has always been wonderful, creating a healthy balance of respecting our opinions as well-educated parents who are the experts on Caleb with her being the expert in the medical field. His neurologist is a very caring doctor, and without her we would probably still be without a diagnosis. There are other doctors that come and go, but overall we have been very blessed with the medical professionals that have worked with us to better Caleb's quality of life.
However, I am totally sick of seeing them right now! We had Caleb's 3-year check-up a few months ago - normal, no big deal. Then a couple of weeks ago was his bout with pneumonia, which took us to the pediatrician 3 days in a row.
On Wednesday we had his appointment at the muscle-disease clinic down at Children's Hospital. This is an appointment that happens every six months or so and it's a whole team of specialists that take a look at him, monitoring things like his scoliosis, respiration, etc., or answering (or taking their best educated guess) any new questions we have. Being that it's a whole team, this appointment typically lasts 2 hours, at least.
So we went to that appointment, got some answers, some more information, as well as more questions popping up. That night, Caleb started to get a rash. We called the Dr. and she said it's probably hives. We gave him some Benedryl and it was pretty much gone in the morning. By the time I got home from work, he had a rash all over his legs and feet, and it was starting to pop up on his abdomen and arms. So this brought us to the pediatrician once again. When we arrived, the Dr. (whom is not our regular pediatrician) said, "Weren't you guys just here the other day?"
The diagnosis: hives. Cause: an allergic reaction to something he stuck in his mouth (we're not sure what). Prognosis: the rash can last a week or so; we need to keep giving him Benedryl (so sleepy boy), and as the rash heals, it will leave little marks that look like bruises (I can hear CPS knocking at our door right now). Luckily the rash isn't itchy and there's no fever or anything.
Hopefully we can stay away from the Doc for a while. Although, I'm still waiting for him to be healthy enough to get a flu shot. Aaaaaaaaaahhhh!
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Oh MAN! That's a whole lotta doctor visits. It seems whoever came up with "it doesn't rain but it pours" was absolultely correct.
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