Tuesday, August 25, 2009

poor baby

So last Friday we were out running errands and I noticed some red marks around the edge of Chloe's diaper. Later there were a few more on her arm. By the evening they turned into hives and were all over. all over. We spent a few hours in urgent care before a very puzzled Dr. saw us and figured it might be a reaction to the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccination she got the week before. The hives got lighter and lighter as the weekend went on. Some looked like little bruises, turning purple to brown. We saw our pediatrician on Monday. He's not convinced it was a reaction to the vaccination, but he to was a bit puzzled. So the search is on. We are just thankful our little girl is o.k. and now we pray it is nothing serious.

This is two days after the initial breakout. Looking better!

2 comments:

April said...

ouch! poor thing. i hope she's ok.

TheMerkelFamily said...

Poor thing! That's kinda what Hope looks like when she has an allergic reaction. It just depends on what the reaction is to as to how bad she looks. We will be praying for Chloe!