Dylan is having skin reactions again...you can go back to my posts around March, April, May if you need a recap. Bottom line, we took him for pretty extensive allergy testing and he only reacted to a couple of things (2 we knew 2 we didn't) all 4 of those things are outside and guess what? He hasn't been outside or exposed to any of these items. He started breaking out on Sunday, it was mainly above his waist. I had to run out and get Benadryl (I suck for not having it on hand, as it is a MUST have for Dylan....bad Mom moment), by the time I got the meds in him he was horribly uncomfortable and I felt sooo bad. I automaticaly assumed it had something to do with the sweatshirt he was wearing, I didn't recall him wearing it yet this season and thought maybe it had been washed at someone else's house or something. I figured the outbreak would be over with once the shirt was discarded...WRONG. He woke up Monday morning with some break out and I gave him more meds. I don't like having to give him meds before school because I never know how he will react to them. He went to school on Prednisone 3 weeks ago and had one very bad morning (had to put him on the bus kicking and crying). He came home with no breakout and then about 2 hours after getting home he started breaking out. This has pretty much been the pattern for the past few days. I thought today we had narrowed it down to a quilt that has been packed away all year. It is a Christmas quilt and only comes out for Christmas, but that quilt has been out since we decorated Monday after Thanksgiving...I have that in the wash now, but sure enough he started breaking out this evening again.
This is BEYOND frustrating...the breakouts that he is having right now are only about 1/2 as bad (maybe he 1/4 as bad) as the ones from the Spring when he was swollen up and his eyes were swollen shut and he looked like he weighed 80 lbs instead of barely 40lbs. etc, but he is uncomfortable and requiring meds every 8 hours. I haven't called the Dr. yet because I was trying to narrow it down before calling or God forbid have more testing done (he hated that), but I might have to give up and call tomorrow.
Grrr...my poor guy and his crazy skin, he is sooo much like me with his skin/immune system it isn't even funny...nice genes I passed on eh?
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