Last Wednesday afternoon, poor little Esther came up in a sudden, nasty rash. By the evening, she was having difficulty breathing evenly and normally. By 10:30pm, she was still awake and feeling quite distressed, so we got her up to give her an antihistimine tablet and bathe her sore skin. By now, she was covered in bumpy, red, itchy patches, which seemed to be appearing before our very eyes.
On Thursday, the rash was so bad all over, so we kept her away from school and emailed London doctors at Interhealth with some attached photos to ask for some medical advice. They confirmed that she had an allergic reaction and that we were following the correct course of action. It is so helpful to have professional doctors at the end of an email connection! My confidence in the advice I may be given from the local clinic in this incidence is very low, so it was good to have trusted advice from afar.
However, the mystery still remained about what exactly caused such a violent skin reaction.
Here's a small example from her arm:
The cause has not been found, although I suspect it could have been some strange East African creepy-crawly lurking in the bushes in the school playground?!? By Friday, Esther was completely better and back to her sunny self, so off to school she went - and lets hope she remains well clear of the mysterious allergy-inducing culprit in the future!
What a blessing you are able to access outside advice via email.
ReplyDeleteMaybe now Esther will be immune to whatever caused such a terrible reaction.
You are always in our thoughts and prayers
Love Pauline and John xxxx
Hope you can discover the guilty culprit. You seem to be aquiring quite a bit of medical know how by not having a doctor on hand.so pleased the rash soon went away again x
ReplyDeleteIt's surprising what nasty effects some insects,plants and animals can cause.Do you remember when we went horse riding at Lydiate and how Ian's eyes became so swollen and when Lindsey came to play at the vicarage and had a nasty reaction to our cat?
ReplyDeleteWell your nana knew that we don't do things by halves in our family and dear little Esther has had her own celebrity rash. Glad she is better now. Lots love dad x
Poor Esther... Glad is was short lived, although scary not knowing the cause I'm sure. You remain in our prayers, particurly for good health and continued safety for you all. Jx
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