So we have had a crazy last 10 days here at our house! On Thursday the 18th we took Taygan into the Dr. because she said her ear hurt, sure enough she had an ear infection so they started her on an antibiotic omnicef because she is allergic to Penicillin she was acting a little better on Friday and Saturday but Sunday she was just not feeling well and then she fevered all night Sunday so Monday I called the Dr. and they said that wasn't normal to bring her in, so back to the Dr. we went they checked her out and said she had viral tonsillitis in addition to her ear infection. Tuesday morning when she woke up she had what looked like hives starting on her belly and her upper thighs and was wheezing slightly, I again called the Dr. and they wanted to check them out so back we went they said that it was likely an allergic reaction to the antibiotic so they had us stop the antibiotic and start breathing treatments and benedryl for the reaction. By Wednesday morning she was covering in the hives, fevering, itching and felt terrible given the area they were not covering over her body we were back at the Dr.'s and this time they classified it as Erythema Multiforme which is a skin disorder due to an allergic reaction or infection, apparently omnicef and penicillin are the main causes of the allergic reaction. They told us to prepare for the worst with it because it can get really ugly and potentially very dangerous it causes fevers, joint pain, swelling, itching, burning as well as lots of other things! Thursday and Friday were the worst her feet were so swollen and covered in the skin lesions that she couldn't walk either day and fevered all day, the skin lesions were burning and itching all day and she didn't move from the couch. They had us taking her back to the Dr. daily to check up on her status until Friday evening when she had finally made a slight improvement by Saturday morning she could walk again and now she is doing a lot better! Here are some pictures of what she looked like, I am not going to share the worst they make me a little sick but you will get the idea of what we were dealing with from just these!
We are so thankful she is starting to feel better! I was stressing out really bad when they told us it could take 2-6 weeks to run its course seeing as I am due the 8th of April and that I had Taygan 3 weeks early! Now we are just hoping and praying that we can get her all the way better and keep her healthy! Oh and once we do get her better we will most likely be putting tubes in her ears given the fact that she is now allergic to two major antibiotics which really limit what they can give her and the fact that she has had 4-6 ear infections a year but I think I am actually relieved about that after what we have just gone through!
