KaM
05-03-2007, 21:38
I have shot this in under serious because it could be potentially.
This afternoon was really one of the scariest moments Ive had in my mummy career. Tears included!!
For lunch today after playgroup I thought Id give her some peanut butter on bread. Now I dont want anyone going all off because I gave her peanuts before she was 1. She's had peanuts before in various foods and sauces. Even had tastes of peanut butter on toast and never had a trouble. Anyways, she had taken a few nobbles and basically pulled it apart as she normally does. . then a few mins later I noticed a red mark with a white spot (a hive). She's had the odd one or 2 before but it was always something completely different and faded within 10 mins. That single red white mark today turned into at least 15 I could count around her mouth . .
:eek: :confused: I was like. . uh oh. . **** .. so I grbbed a wet washer and wiped her face a little, but then I noticed her eyes were getting a little red and then she started rubbing them, which essentially (Im guessing) spread the peanut butter or something around them . .and they started to get puffy as well. . I rang my mum in a bit of a tiuzzy . . Id seen so many stories about kids having bad reactions. .she was still breathing fine . .nothing dramatic. . she was just annoyed cause she was itchy. . I told her I was gonna go to medical centre around the corner. .hung up. . cried as I grabbed my bag and threw her in the pram and we headed up there.. my heart racing and me trying to stop the tears. .Its only a 5 min walk ( I dont have a car) and went in to see someone immediately. They looked her over and told me I could either go straight to hospital ..or they could give her some medication and we could sit there for a while and watch her. . I chose the later as the hives had starting to go down and she was esentially fine in herself. .just looked bad. .
They gave her some stuff which is essentially prednesone (called predimix or something like that) and we had to sit there for about 45mins. Though quite a few of them were gone when she took the medication it was better to be safe then sorry and she was having a ball at the med centre, ..laughing and squealing and such . .I just sat there looking at her thinking . .you scared me to death you nutball!!
I got home and we headed to my normal GP after dinner. Just to confirm it all and let him know. She has to take the medication for another 2 days. And the medical centre also gave me a referral to the allergy centre at westmead so we can get her tested. I think it might be a good idea.
The doc thinks that it might have just been the fact it was concentrated peanuts or it could have even been something else in the peanut butter. Either way. No more peanut butter for little miss!! Not for a while anyway!!
Alright .. so that was my daily drama . .hopefully no more drama for a while. . dont think my heart could take it!!
This afternoon was really one of the scariest moments Ive had in my mummy career. Tears included!!
For lunch today after playgroup I thought Id give her some peanut butter on bread. Now I dont want anyone going all off because I gave her peanuts before she was 1. She's had peanuts before in various foods and sauces. Even had tastes of peanut butter on toast and never had a trouble. Anyways, she had taken a few nobbles and basically pulled it apart as she normally does. . then a few mins later I noticed a red mark with a white spot (a hive). She's had the odd one or 2 before but it was always something completely different and faded within 10 mins. That single red white mark today turned into at least 15 I could count around her mouth . .
:eek: :confused: I was like. . uh oh. . **** .. so I grbbed a wet washer and wiped her face a little, but then I noticed her eyes were getting a little red and then she started rubbing them, which essentially (Im guessing) spread the peanut butter or something around them . .and they started to get puffy as well. . I rang my mum in a bit of a tiuzzy . . Id seen so many stories about kids having bad reactions. .she was still breathing fine . .nothing dramatic. . she was just annoyed cause she was itchy. . I told her I was gonna go to medical centre around the corner. .hung up. . cried as I grabbed my bag and threw her in the pram and we headed up there.. my heart racing and me trying to stop the tears. .Its only a 5 min walk ( I dont have a car) and went in to see someone immediately. They looked her over and told me I could either go straight to hospital ..or they could give her some medication and we could sit there for a while and watch her. . I chose the later as the hives had starting to go down and she was esentially fine in herself. .just looked bad. .
They gave her some stuff which is essentially prednesone (called predimix or something like that) and we had to sit there for about 45mins. Though quite a few of them were gone when she took the medication it was better to be safe then sorry and she was having a ball at the med centre, ..laughing and squealing and such . .I just sat there looking at her thinking . .you scared me to death you nutball!!
I got home and we headed to my normal GP after dinner. Just to confirm it all and let him know. She has to take the medication for another 2 days. And the medical centre also gave me a referral to the allergy centre at westmead so we can get her tested. I think it might be a good idea.
The doc thinks that it might have just been the fact it was concentrated peanuts or it could have even been something else in the peanut butter. Either way. No more peanut butter for little miss!! Not for a while anyway!!
Alright .. so that was my daily drama . .hopefully no more drama for a while. . dont think my heart could take it!!