POOR BABY

Well, if you don't already know we have been through the ringer here the past three weeks. If you do know here are the pictures.

It all started three weeks ago prior to Jaren having his adnoids removed. 5 days before surgery he got a cold and we thought we were going to have to postpone surgery. He got mostly better so the surgery was a go and went well other than comin out of anastetia (sp?).

The days following surgery were not going well and we couldn't seem to beat a come and go fever - so we went back to the doctor to find out he had an infection and was put on an antibiotic. It seemed to help a bit, but still not great.

6 days onto antibiotic, last Monday, when Mark was putting Jaren to bed he noticed a red area on the back of Jarens leg, but put cream on it and thought nothing else. Then Tuesday morning this is how our son woke up :(






We called the doctor and they said to continue the benedryl we started that a.m. and if it got worse to bring him the next day - so we listened and this is what he looked like when he got home from daycare on Tuesday.




So Wednesday I took him to the doctor and was told that this was a hystamine (sp?) reaction to the amoxocillin (sp?) that he was on for the infection. A bad hystamine reaction, but that it was for sure a hystamine reaction and since Jaren was not two years old yet, keeping with the benedryl was all we could do. This is what he was looking like at this point.



















I let them schedule me to see the PA my sister has always told me to NEVER go to - I will listen better next time. I say this because when we woke up on Thursday morning this is what we looked like. This is an hour after benedryl too so his eye is open way more than it was right when we got up. His face, hands and feet were swollen, he was walking like a robot and had troubles sitting down from stiff joints. None of this is good for a hormonal pregnant woman to see or watch her child go through :)



















Needless to say we went back to the doctor first thing Thursday morning and found out that yes, this was NOT the previously promised hystamine reaction and that is was a blah blah blah reaction (some long medical name) and that he would need a steroid to get better. Mark went to pick up the medicine and he got his first dose on Thursday at lunch. Thursday by dinner he looked 80% better and he smiled for the first time in days. That evening Mark and I just watched him play in delight. He is now doing GREAT and only had one more day of meds to take. You can still see marks from the rash, but you have to look for it and other than a MASSIVE appitite and some ROID RAGES we are doing AMAZING and Mark and I couldn't be more greatful to have our baby back FINALLY!!!

Now we just have to avoid the ear infection we are praying to dodge. He has fluid in his ears from the adnoid surgery that isn't infected yet, but we are supposed to watch him closely.

Thanks to everyone who was praying for us to make it through not only the last week but the last month, it is greatly appriciated - sorry this got so long, but it was a weeks worth of a story to tell.