Saturday Melia woke up with a blotchy rash all over her body. Mainly concentrated around her waist area and under her arms, but there were spots all over. Luckily our pediatrician has "on call" Saturday hours, so I gave them a quick call and got an appointment to bring her in.
We ran through everything she had eaten or been in contact with and the only "suspect" was a hot dog she had on Friday night. She has only had a few hot dogs in her entire life (I can literally tell you everyone she has had). We have never had a reaction before, but like the doctor said, you never really know what you are getting inside a hot dog. She said the proteins or nitrates were the possible cause of the reaction.
She told us what symptoms to look out for in case the rash was a result of a virus. We were told to give her Benedryl and just keep an eye on her. If things got worse, or the Benedryl didn't help then we would have to give her steroids.
We started giving her Benedryl (not an easy task!) and by the 2nd dose she had already started clearing up. The rash is now almost completely gone. So long story short, no more hot dogs for Melia! (which is too bad, she barks like a dog when she eats them - hot DOGS - so cute!)
But the weekend wasn't completely wasted, we spent all day on Sunday moving Melia into her big girl room and trying to get the nursery ready for Baby Webb #2. Melia is very excited about her Elmo room!
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