Cellulitis

Soooo... a few short months after Miriam's Daughter, Hailey was the victim of a bacterial infection in her eye that was one form of Cellulitis, Elysia follows due to a puncture in her sinus' following a mosquito bite. GRRRRRRRR!

Poor Baby! She is the only one of us who got bit.... which is good, but why her? She seems to be the one in our Family who is prone to this kind of stuff. At just over 2 yrs, she had an ear infection and proved to be allergic to Amoxicillin. Luckily, it was not a severe reaction... she broke out in serious hives, but did not go into anaphylactic shock. Then, a few weeks ago, she got bit by a spider. Now this. Due to her allergic reaction to the amoxicillan, she has been put on cephalexin, which 1 in 5 people who are allergic to the "cillin" family of drugs have an allergic reaction to. Great. SO this weekend, I basically have to watch to make sure she doesn't stop breathing. And monitor her to see if the eye responds to the oral antibiotices... otherwise by Mon, it's straight to the ER, like Hailey. I think the only real bonus is the heads up from Miriam that let us avoid waiting/dealing with a false Pink Eye diagnosis and treatment. For that, I am VERY grateful!

REALLY, things could be worse. EXCEPT for the timing of it all. Maybe we can be Roommates at the hospital! That way I can be there for my Baby AND give birth!