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Yesterday was a big day for us - our 3 yo woke up with a heavy coating of poison ivy all over his body. The poor child has it in his eyes, his face, inside his mouth, his ears, neck, chest, back, legs, arms, and hands, with it also being inside the webbing of his fingers. Due to the swelling on his face, I decided to not mess around and take him into the base ER. I would have taken him to acute care if there were any appointments available. The wait was short and he was seen by the acute care physician. They weren't identifying the rash right away, but she did finally concede tht it was probably a bad case of poison ivy. Because of the face, she couldn't give him any topical steroid. So the only option was pretnezone in liquid form. We had a bit of a problem getting Jack to take it (read: he threw up breakfast because he gagged due to the taste), but after a few hours of suffering in a bad way, he decided he would take it. We've had no problems getting him to take his medicine now! The hardest part will be getting him to stop rubbing his face. The first day eruption
Second Day eruption the other side of his face
First day chest eruption
Second day chest eruption
As you can see from the pictures, the second day was worse than the first. Today is still the second day - it seems like it has been days! Tonight, his face is doing better and I am optimistic that the rash will clear up by week's end. |
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