Robin has a penicillin allergy. Her entire body from head to knee is covered in red hives, some just a blush of pink, some a deep, angry crimson and threatening to burst. She may shed skin. She has a fever ranging between 99 and 101. She itches all over. She's barely eaten, nurses like mad (good thing since she's not showing any signs of dehydration), and refuses all but the merest sips of water or juice. Yet her spirit is, as ever, irrepressible, exuberant, curious. And extra cuddly. She's also doped out; Benadryl and ibuprofen are her current two new friends.
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Sorry to hear she's in such a state, but glad you know what is going on and that she's such a trooper!
Ah man, that sucks. Hope she feels better soon.
Oh, poor little sweetie pie!
B woke up this morning covered in hives. no idea what caused them, but now I think she was just suffering in sympathy with Robin! hugs to her!
Looks like her rash can be classified thusly:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001854/
Poor kid. Looks like a few miserable days ahead of us.
i wish I had seen your first post about the rash. Sean is allergic to penicillin also, he had the same reaction back in November. Hope she feels better soon. It took Sean about 24 hours after stopping the drug to see a dramatic reduction in the rash.
Laura Uschyk
Poor baby! Hope it goes away fast!
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