Sunday, October 5, 2008

Lots going on..

I made a post last weekend, but somehow only the heading showed up and I haven't had time to update again. It's been a crazy couple of weeks. Gracie has now been to the dr. 3 times for a rash that keeps coming up. The first time she was covered head to toe and they said it was viral, then she got another one(it looked different) on her arms, neck, and back and they said this one was excema. But, she also had such horrible diaper rash that she had an infection, so she was put on amoxicillan and an anhistamine. You know it's bad when you walk in to find her with her diaper off in her crib and she is just scratching everywhere in the diaper area....poor girl. Well the rash and diaper rash went away and then came back on Wed. so back to the dr. I went. I'm not giving up. Well the time they thought viral again (it's on her back, neck, and stomach) because it was more under the skin, but also mentioned it could be bacterial (but not likely). So they don't know either. I'm not completely convinced it's viral because yesterday it was horrible, this morning you could hardly tell and then it flared again in the evening...so to me it seems more like an allergic reation or severe excema...but I can' t figure it out. Also, it is not under the skin anymore, it is bumps on her skin. We haven't changed anything, introduced anything....I'm just at a loss. On top if it she has 4 teeth all coming in (dr. did say this could have something to do with it) and she has a horrible cough and runny nose. However, ears, chest, everything is fine. So, I have been a nervous wreck washing and cleaning things everyday.......We had to cancel our family pics yesterday because she has just not been herself and I didn't know if I could cover up all of the rash or not....I just feel so bad for her. Who would have ever thought motherhood would be sooo hard. It is just difficult to see them go through anything. Well I have to get to work, will try to do better catching up this week.