What I Learned About Popsicles and Google

Last night at bathtime, I noticed a disturbing rash on Max's torso. It was all over his torso, mostly on the right side but the bumps were raised (not blisters) and all different sizes. One was an inch and a half long oval. So, I didn't want to be a panicky mom but all the different sizes and shapes concerned me so I did the 21st century thing of sending pics to Tony and my moms to see what they thought. We decided to take him to the ER and I'm glad. Tony met me there. It was a really bad case of hives, some type of allergic reaction. We can't figure out to what because he wasn't introduced to any new foods and our soaps have been the same for a long time. When the doctor was examining him, the bumps were much worse and on his neck, behind his ears, one near his eyes. Yuck! So he got a steroid medication (can't remember the name), Benadryl and Zantac. And then an epi pen in case any reactions block his airways. He got juice and made the cutest "bitter faces" after drinking the "yucky" medicine. He also got a popsicle and the nurse cut a styrofoam cup and placed the popsicle in the bottom half, sticking up so that the styrofoam cup bottom was a little tray to catch drips. Genius! I also learned that google can be a friend and a foe when you're trying to figure out what measles, mumps and rubella look like. Some of those pictures--oy vay! I'm grateful that it wasn't anything worse. Tony had even thought maybe it was Kawasaki disease since Uncle Mike had that as a child. But nope. If he has another reaction then we get to visit a pediatric allergist. We're hoping it's a fluke thing!