Tuesday night I put Ryder to bed just like normal. He was tired and went down without a complaint. Kyle had been gone all day so when he got home a few minutes later he was able to say goodnight to the girls before I was finished putting them to bed. I decided to to get Ryder up to say hi to his Daddy since he hadn't seen him all day and he was probably still awake.
I'm so glad I did. I found him sitting up quietly trying to itch his hive covered body. Then I noticed his swollen face. Mostly in his eyes and his lips. HUGE! It looked so wrong. I hurried to show Kyle who is good at staying calm in these types of situations where I am SO not. I was ready to run out the door with him to get him to the hospital but Kyle called the nurse. When she asked if there was any swelling and Kyle said yes, she said, "there IS!? Hang up and call 911!" So with that Kyle was out the door with poor Ryder who had started vomiting. He was getting worse fast. They took him into the ER (thankfully only minutes away) and immediately injected him with epinephrine and some other drugs. He came home a few hours later after the medicine had taken effect. So now we are waiting on some tests to figure out what triggered this. In the meantime we are paranoid about feeding him and armed with epiPens. Dairy is our main suspicion. Remember this post? Hopefully we will figure it out soon!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Allergic reaction for Ryder, panic attack for me
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Poor little fella. KC says Ryder will love rice milk!
That is so scary! more so for you, Dana Lee!! Hope they figure it out soon!
Ooooohhh! Poor guy! Hope you get it figured out soon! HAng in there!
those pictures are so sad! It's so hard to see your little one in that HUGE hospital bed.
I hope they figure out what caused the reaction. poor little guy.
Oh my goodness! Those pictures are so sad! Poor thing! I am totally like you... SO NOT CALM in those kind of situations! However Bill is calm, cool, and collected! We balance each other out in that department. I'm so glad everything is alright. I hope you find out what he's allergic to!
Poor little buddy, I'm sorry Dee I know you were freaking out that night I'm glad he's okay I love you guys!!
Oh my goodness that poor little guy, and they must have scared you half to death. I am so glad he is ok and hopefully you can find out what happened.
these pics. of your cute little guy made me sad! i'm so sorry-i sure hope they figure out fast what caused such a reaction.
How horrible. I hope you can figure it out soon what he is alergic too, so that he doesn't have another big episode. Good luck!
Poor guy, he is so swollen. I read the other post about the milk I think there must be a connection. Good luck.
Poor baby!! Oh my gosh, I would have freaked out too. T.J. is the calm one too.
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