Right before Alex hit the 22 month old mark he had his first prescription written for him. While we were on vacation he developed a sinus infection and Nana had to take him to the doctor. Thankfully it wasn't anything serious and he didn't act like it was bothering him too much. Besides one case of the croup and a few minor colds here and there, we have an extremely healthy boy. This was his first infection and therefore his first antibiotic. Not too shabby for an almost 22 month old!
The day after we got back from vacation, things got a little interesting. As I was dropping him off at Sandy's, I noticed redness on the beck of his neck that had not been there that morning. As we started looking closer we noticed it was all over his back and tummy too.
After another trip to the doctor we find out he is allergic to penicillin. And also has developed an ear infection on top of the sinus infection. So onto another antibiotic we go, along with Benadryl to knock out the rash. It has now cleared up and you can barely see any rash at all. He is still on the new antibiotic so hopefully it will knock out the infections and he will be back to 100% soon.
I was really worried about this new allergy until reality hit me in the face with the fact that I should be thankful that this is the "serious" problem my son is facing. As I read the blog of a previous co-worker about her little girl that will fight mental and physical disabilities for the rest of her life because of a brain injury, or read on facebook the updates of an old friend who's 2 week old daughter has spend every moment of her life in NICU and has already been through 6 surgeries to repair an over sized liver that grew outside her body, I can only be thankful that my happy, healthy son is only faced with a rash from an allergy and sinus infection that barely seem to bother him.
We have been so blessed to have 2 very healthy children and I think God for that nightly as I rock my little boy to sleep. I pray for all those mothers that worry nightly about cancer, disabilities, and much more serious problems. I can't imagine how strong they have to be to watch their children suffer like that.
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