Rashy boy part deux

[mattblakk]

So the rash has spread down both legs from the knees, down to his knees from his crotch, down his arms from the elbows and up into his armpits. It's on both cheeks and both ears now, too. Poor bugger has been pretty miserable. I managed to get him in to an oatmeal bath with liberal application of tea tree oil once he got in the water. He soaked for ages, and I think he felt some relief because once all of the water was gone (his choice), he began to cry. Luckily, Logan arrived just then, and Blake kicked me out of the bathroom. Minutes later, Logan was carrying Blake who was whimpering and clinging to Logan with his face buried in his shoulder. Poor monkey. We couvered him with one of his favorite quilts, and made him a squishy pillow nexst on the couch, and managed to get some cortisone ointment on him. Followed that with the anti-itch liquid.

We're trying to get him to drink some milk laced with benadryl now. His Papa Bear is here, though, so he's not wanting to go to bed. Blake is always happiest when Logan and Patrick and I are all in the house with him. We're approaching the 8:30 hour, but I'm pretty clear that he may have a lot of trouble falling asleep again tonight.

Wish us luck.

Comments

[feygele.livejournal.com]

The quick-spreading made me think of my brother, back when he was 7 or 8. He was quickly covered, head to toe, in an itchy rash, that was slightly bumpy/raised. If Blake's is too, it could be as simple as impetigo, which is, thankfully, easy to cure with an antibiotic. (The descriptions and pictures I found of impetigo online look way more severe and scary and gross than I remember it actually being. So don't be too alarmed.)

I hope he feels better!

[mattblakk.livejournal.com]

It doesn't look like impetigo to me, and the pediatrician didn't mention it. It does look like the photos online of the Gianotti-Crosti I was able to find online, but the stuff on his elbows is just more intense than any of those photos I saw. God knows he's had every other rash causing common childhood agent, why not this one.