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Thursday, October 14, 2004
itchy, scratchy
it started last tuesday with clara scratching the back of her neck... my mother-in-law thought it was because her hair... so she put some cream on it... yesterday it started creeping to the front of her neck. she put caladryl on it which eased the itching for a while but by the time i got home which was about 6:30 pm she looked like she had a really bad sunburn. it was all over her chest and splotches of red on her arms and legs. i bet it was itchy as hell. we called her doctor's answering service and got connected to the doctor on call. we said she had some type of allergy but doesn't have a fever or any swelling. she said give her children's benadryl and if it doesn't lessen in the morning, have the doctor see her. so we gave clara a bath and milk with benadryl mixed into it... unfortunately, it got worse through the night. she was awake every so often crying and scratching and tossing and turning... she was so miserable last night...
in the morning, i called the doctor's office and fortunately got her in in the morning...it turned out my baby's got the hives....in her case, an allergy from probably something in the air like pollen... it could last about 10 days and he said just to "ride it out"... 10 days!?!...ride it out!?! with a demanding baby like mine! i feel dread wash over me when i heard that... and i think the doctor said it with a grin... he said he wished he had a camera to take a picture of clara because the splotches looked like a "textbook case" of the hives... uh, ok thanks a lot.... hopefully, armed with calamine lotion, aveeno moisturizing bath packets and benadryl, we can make clara feel more comfortable as she "rides this out"...  
one miserable itchy baby ..... ahh, soothing oatmeal bath 
finally, exhausted sleep |
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