Wednesday evening, Ashton and Maddie headed inside from playing on the trampoline. All of a sudden Ashton comes running through the back door crying hysterically. I finally discover that he has been stung for the second time in just a week. I spray some cooling stuff on it and he finally calms down. No sweat.
Thursday morning, Ashton wakes up and says his arm is hurting. I just figure he is wanting to be pampered, so I let him get up in my lap and start looking at his arm. WOW! It is stiff, swollen, warm to touch and covered in a rash. I get him up, give him some benadryl and decide to just keep an eye on it. As the day progresses, the swelling gets worse. We call the doctor and then it is off to get it checked. She looks at it and decides it is just a reaction, but she wants us to just watch it. She drew around the questionable area and said if it gets out of that area, come back on Friday. Well, by the time he went to bed it was getting larger and moving out of the circle. I gave him another dose of benadryl and sent him to be.
When he woke up this morning it had gotten worse, so we called first thing when they opened and got an appointment. Sure enough, by the time we returned to the doctor, the rash and heated area was taken up a pretty good portion of his arm. Diagnoses: Ashton is allergic to wasp bites. We don't have to keep an epipen on us, but as soon as he is biten we need to give him benadryl and keep a close eye for trouble breathing. In the meantime, he's been put on an antibiotic to keep it from turning in to a staph infection.
So, this wasp bite cost us two $20 co-pays and a $10 prescription. Maybe we should just play inside! What do you think?
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