The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

[Guest guest]

you must have been terrified. So glad he is back home with nothing too

serious.

[Guest guest]

The Good: It was NOT a food-type allergy reaction! He can have sloppy joes

again!!!!!! <YAY!>

The Bad: It was nearly faded when we finally saw the doctor, indicative of a

contact allergy to...something. What? We don't know! Time for a scratch test.

<grrrrr>

The Ugly: They gave him Benadryl. TRIED to give him Benadryl. First liquid,

for 20 minutes -- didn't get more than 2 drops into him. Then in a capsule.

Did you ever see the scene in Encino Man where n Frasier is spitting out a

mouthful of bath beads? THAT. Went through three caps before we got sent out

of the room. Two hallways over, we still heard the screams, which suddenly

stopped. Went back. He was licking a popsicle. HE SWALLOWED IT? we asked.

Nope -- they gave up. Next would have been a needle, but they decided not to do

it because the rash was fading and obviously not going to spread to chest or

throat and they didn't want to traumatize him further. <sigh>

So that was our fun-filled evening. Cried all the way home out of sheer

exhaustion.

But he's okay!

Jacquie

PS we played " I Spy " while waiting for the doctor!!!

[Guest guest]

So glad he's OK!

Tuna

--- The Hunny Family wrote:

The Good: It was NOT a food-type allergy reaction! He

can have sloppy joes again!!!!!! But he's okay!

Jacquie

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[Guest guest]

So that was our fun-filled evening. Cried all the way home out of sheer

exhaustion.

Hey Jacquie:

Sorry to hear about all of that, but I have one question?

Which one of you cried all the way home?????

, Columbus, OH

Mom to:

, 15, possible bipolar

Annie, 12, so far so good!

JD, 8, severe ADHD, Autism, and my reason for getting up each day!

[Guest guest]

Glad to hear he's okay Jacquie...

Now to figure out what it was.

Ron

[Guest guest]

> Which one of you cried all the way home?????

>

That would have been me. :-) , the sensible one, slept.

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

OMG. Been there done that. NOT fun. Glad he's OK.

Cinnamon

In parenting_autism@y..., " The Hunny Family " <vhunnius@l...> wrote:

>

> The Good: It was NOT a food-type allergy reaction! He can have

sloppy joes again!!!!!! <YAY!>

>

> The Bad: It was nearly faded when we finally saw the doctor,

indicative of a contact allergy to...something. What? We don't

know! Time for a scratch test. <grrrrr>

>

> The Ugly: They gave him Benadryl. TRIED to give him Benadryl.

First liquid, for 20 minutes -- didn't get more than 2 drops into

him. Then in a capsule. Did you ever see the scene in Encino Man

where n Frasier is spitting out a mouthful of bath beads?

THAT. Went through three caps before we got sent out of the room.

Two hallways over, we still heard the screams, which suddenly

stopped. Went back. He was licking a popsicle. HE SWALLOWED IT? we

asked. Nope -- they gave up. Next would have been a needle, but

they decided not to do it because the rash was fading and obviously

not going to spread to chest or throat and they didn't want to

traumatize him further. <sigh>

>

> So that was our fun-filled evening. Cried all the way home out of

sheer exhaustion.

>

> But he's okay!

>

> Jacquie

>

> PS we played " I Spy " while waiting for the doctor!!!

[Guest guest]

I can't believe I didn't even stop to think who it was. I

automatically assumed after THAT experience, it HAD to be you. LOL

Cinnamon

In parenting_autism@y..., " The Hunny Family " <vhunnius@l...> wrote:

> > Which one of you cried all the way home?????

> >

>

> That would have been me. :-) , the sensible one, slept.

>

> Jacquie

[Guest guest]

Glad to hear that he is ok. Sorry about the scratch test....he won't like

that. Has he ever reacted like that before?

Tamara

>

>Reply-To: parenting_autism

>To: <parenting_autism >

>CC: " Amy Helmuth "

>Subject: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

>Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 23:12:56 -0500

>

>

>The Good: It was NOT a food-type allergy reaction! He can have sloppy

>joes again!!!!!! <YAY!>

>

>The Bad: It was nearly faded when we finally saw the doctor, indicative of

>a contact allergy to...something. What? We don't know! Time for a

>scratch test. <grrrrr>

>

>The Ugly: They gave him Benadryl. TRIED to give him Benadryl. First

>liquid, for 20 minutes -- didn't get more than 2 drops into him. Then in a

>capsule. Did you ever see the scene in Encino Man where n Frasier is

>spitting out a mouthful of bath beads? THAT. Went through three caps

>before we got sent out of the room. Two hallways over, we still heard the

>screams, which suddenly stopped. Went back. He was licking a popsicle.

>HE SWALLOWED IT? we asked. Nope -- they gave up. Next would have been a

>needle, but they decided not to do it because the rash was fading and

>obviously not going to spread to chest or throat and they didn't want to

>traumatize him further. <sigh>

>

>So that was our fun-filled evening. Cried all the way home out of sheer

>exhaustion.

>

>But he's okay!

>

>Jacquie

>

>PS we played " I Spy " while waiting for the doctor!!!

>

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[Guest guest]

> Glad to hear that he is ok. Sorry about the scratch test....he won't like

> that. Has he ever reacted like that before?

No, he hasn't. But I was talking to BJ offlist, and she pointed out how much

like a casein reaction it looked like, and it DID, his face was ALWAYS bright

red and raw before we cut out all casein...but darn it, I checked the

ingredients -- and *I* ate it and didn't get sick, so how could it have affected

him that way? (I get very sick from any cow's milk protein (albumin))

Oh, I don't know.

I think I'll hold off on a scratch test until it happens again -- I know a

scratch test would be mucho-traumatic!

Jacquie