Allergies

Our whole family got a horrible cough/cold in August that lasted an entire month. We finally all went into the doctor when mine turned into a raging ear infection. Ben had never been on antibiotics before so we assumed he was okay to take whatever. The doctor gave him some amoxicillin.

Because he hadn't been feeling well, he hadn't slept well recently. So I didn't think much of it when he was increasingly tired and whiny. A couple days later I took the boys for a walk and when I came home, Ben had a fever of 102. It was later evening on a weekend and I was by myself with the boys so I called my dad. After talking through everything with him, we decided to not take Ben to the ER and to watch him through the night. He still had a fever in the morning, but it was gone by lunch time. He still seemed really tired though, but I attributed it to being sick and not sleeping well.

A couple days after that Jason was changing Ben's clothes and noticed a rash on his body. We decided to take Ben to his doctor who said Ben had an allergic reaction to the amoxicillin. We were probably really lucky, considering Ben was taking the meds for about 4-5 days before we noticed the rash. He never seemed to have any problems breathing. I feel bad it took us that long to figure out what the problem was. Unfortunately, this means he's got an allergy we've got to watch out for the rest of his life. At least it isn't something like peanuts, which would really be an adjustment.

This was during one of his really lethargic spells. I would just suddenly find him asleep around the house.