Both ankles are swollen a huge amount!
Both inner knees have huge, HARD bug bite marks. 
And then there is this one. Which is so bad! It is blistered around the entire area, with pus ozing out.
So of course I called the doctors office immediately. I had to leave a message, but they called back about 20 minutes later, and said they could squeeze us in this morning. The doctor said it was a servere allergic reaction, probably to ants or mosquitoes. I asked specifically if it could be a spider bite, and she said no. So thats good at least. I'm guessing its the ants, because I didn't see any mosquitos. So now she is on steroids and large doses of Benydrl (which I was hoping would make her tired...HAHAHA). The biggest concern now is the chance that the open blisters get infected. So we have to really watch for the next couple days to make sure that doesn't happen. We also have to bathe her in bug spray before she goes outside from now on. The doctor said to do 25% deet. That seemed a little high to me..so we are starting at 7% and hoping. We are already bathing her in sunscreen....I guess its not a huge deal to add bug spray on top. I have to keep reminding her not to scratch at the spots. So this morning, I walk in and she has her hand inside a T-shirt, and she is using the T-shirt to scratch at the bites. She quickly pointed out that HER HAND wasn't scratching the spot, it was the T-shirt. Poor baby girl!!
11 comments:
just like Briana bites used to look but she never blistered. Hope she recovers soon, it's so hard not to itch.
Oh wow, that's awful. I hope things go well and she heals fast, as children do, as well as not being bit again.
Poor thing.
Oh, no!! I am so sorry to hear of the bites and reaction. Feel better soon Kyra. Bailey misses you!
When i read that you have to put bug spray on her i thought, "Oh man, and they are already doing the sunscreen!" well, like you said one more thing won't be too bad! Sorry to hear about it, poor girl.
poor baby, i hope everything is fine now. Hope she starts to feel better soon:)
Oh Kyra! You poor little thing! How horrible! I feel so bad for her! I'm glad they got her on some antihistamines and steroids. Poor little girl, and the sad thing.... her next bites (heaven forbid she ever get them bite again) will be worse!
Oh my word! Wow, talk about learning the hard way. Poor Kyra!!!! I hope she heals soon...if it's not one things its another, right? I hope the bug spray works for you!!!
Ouch! Thats scary! Were they big ants or the little ones? We have some seriously funky creepy crawlers up here!
sorry to hear about the bites - I hope she has fully recovered!
poor girl. thats hard to have to be so careful around ants, especially since they are everywhere out here. i hope her bites heal soon:)
Yug! I'm sorry! We were doing family pictures outside on some grass with all my family up in Mesa this last weekend and all the sudden the kids started screaming and grabbing their feet...ants!! It was aweful- they were mean! Then I started getting bit...no fun! I hope the recovery is quick!
Post a Comment