I'm not sure, even gross as this picture is, that you can really tell how bad Jacob's face looks. This is day #3 of the outbreak. Jacob re-visited the doctor again Wednesday morning (after getting steroid injections on Monday & Tuesday) to find out that he had developed a secondary infection - ya think? Anyway, the doctor put him on antibiotics and started him on oral prednisone. This picture was made Wednesday night at the height of his feeling bad. He even ran a slight fever throughout the day on Wednesday. Jacob ended up missing the entire week of school. My mom kept him the first three days. After seeing how miserable he was, I opted to stay home with him on Thursday. John stayed home with him on Friday. He seems pretty much all better today, although he still has patches of red blotches and peeling skin here and there. Through all this, we did find out that there are poison ivy injections you can get yearly to help prevent a reaction. We will be getting these as soon as this outbreak has run its course.Saturday, April 12, 2008
Miserable
I'm not sure, even gross as this picture is, that you can really tell how bad Jacob's face looks. This is day #3 of the outbreak. Jacob re-visited the doctor again Wednesday morning (after getting steroid injections on Monday & Tuesday) to find out that he had developed a secondary infection - ya think? Anyway, the doctor put him on antibiotics and started him on oral prednisone. This picture was made Wednesday night at the height of his feeling bad. He even ran a slight fever throughout the day on Wednesday. Jacob ended up missing the entire week of school. My mom kept him the first three days. After seeing how miserable he was, I opted to stay home with him on Thursday. John stayed home with him on Friday. He seems pretty much all better today, although he still has patches of red blotches and peeling skin here and there. Through all this, we did find out that there are poison ivy injections you can get yearly to help prevent a reaction. We will be getting these as soon as this outbreak has run its course.
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Poor thing! There is nothing more difficult than watching your child in misery. I hope that everything clears up quickly for him.
Reba
I'm glad that Jacob is finally better.
Bless his heart! How miserable that he's had to deal with this. Regular ol' poison ivy is bad enough to drive one mad. Hopefully, he doesn't have to do this again.
Poor Baby!! That looks miserable. Glad it's clearing up now.
He looks pitiful! Glad he's feeling better now.
Gracious!!! Bless his heart! I hope Jacob gets to feeling better soon!!! I had a friend growing up that reacted that horribly to poison ivy! He was always miserable too!!!
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