Oh What A Night

What a night it was for me, or for us, I should say. My doctor prescribed another round of antibiotics for my toe injury. My toe is doing much better. Looks like a real toe again! Anyway, as the day progressed yesterday I was getting more and more itchy. By the time the evening approached I was super itchy and had splotches in a few places. Mainly on my back and shoulders. By the time midnight arrived the rash was popping up in other areas too. It was about 2 in the morning when I was in the kitchen gobbling the children's Benadryl Cody left behind. Let me add, those chewable children's Benadryl tabs are not tasty at all. They need to rethink that flavoring. No wonder it was so hard to get Cody to eat those. Jeesh!

When I woke up this morning it had spread to my arms. I was at an urgent care center early this morning. While sitting in the urgent care the hives had spread to my feet. I've never had the hives this bad. I've had the hives a few times but never like this. Never sat there just watching it move down my body.

I'm now on meds for the hives and have obviously discontinued the antibiotic. I've always thought if a person is allergic to a specific medicine then the allergic reaction would happen quicker but apparently that's not always the case. Sometimes the antibiotic builds up in your body over the course of numerous days and then causes a reaction. It's more common than I thought to have an allergic reaction 7-14 days after starting an antibiotic. Kind of weird!

Anyway, I'm already feeling a little better, especially since it's no longer spreading. I have 2 meds now to deal with this allergic reaction. One causes drowsiness so once again....I'll be sleeping good tonight. I need to sleep well since I was up so much last night as I was miserable with itchiness.