I took Elise to the doctor today because I thought something wasn't quite right. She has been fussy the last couple of days (It is funny how relative the term "fussy" is-these would have been really good days for a couple of my other babies!) She has been making a couple funny little sounds and woke up screaming at 4:00 this morning. She eats fine as long as she was on pain reliever otherwise she just sucks a few times and cries.
I felt a little silly taking her in without a fever, but she had Hand, Foot and Mouth a couple of weeks ago, and I wondered if something was connected to that. Turns out Dr. Van Roekel thinks that she has seasonal allergies. She has some serious post nasal drip going on. For the most part he wants us to keep her inside with the AC on until pollen counts go down. Ragweed is highest at dawn and dusk so hold off on the after breakfast and after supper walks. She is not really old enough for meds however we can give her a little Zyrtec as needed. The kicker is if we give her meds when it is not needed we will cause ear problems. (The mucus will thicken and plug her ears and we fight ear infections.) He added that this we have to keep an eye on her for the next few months allergies aside because Hand Foot and Mouth will effect her like mono in an adult, and her immune system is really weak right now.
The allergy thing is kind of an educated guess, but with one parent with allergies the doctor said our kids have an 80% chance of having allergies that is what her symptoms seem to be pointing too. Looks like I will be awaiting the first frost not only for myself but Reuben and now Elise too!
I felt a little silly taking her in without a fever, but she had Hand, Foot and Mouth a couple of weeks ago, and I wondered if something was connected to that. Turns out Dr. Van Roekel thinks that she has seasonal allergies. She has some serious post nasal drip going on. For the most part he wants us to keep her inside with the AC on until pollen counts go down. Ragweed is highest at dawn and dusk so hold off on the after breakfast and after supper walks. She is not really old enough for meds however we can give her a little Zyrtec as needed. The kicker is if we give her meds when it is not needed we will cause ear problems. (The mucus will thicken and plug her ears and we fight ear infections.) He added that this we have to keep an eye on her for the next few months allergies aside because Hand Foot and Mouth will effect her like mono in an adult, and her immune system is really weak right now.
The allergy thing is kind of an educated guess, but with one parent with allergies the doctor said our kids have an 80% chance of having allergies that is what her symptoms seem to be pointing too. Looks like I will be awaiting the first frost not only for myself but Reuben and now Elise too!
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