Adding insult to injury – Dr. Kylie’s Diagnosis
As you know, for the past two weeks, we’ve been dealing with all kinds of sickness around the Johnston household. Kylie was out of school for a week with a bad case of pharyngitis, Andy was out a few days with what he thinks was the flu, and the boys had strep. I had a little fever here and there, but overall, I was well enough to keep things together around her.
Until last night.
I noticed that I started itching in different places yesterday, but it was really no big deal. I thought a mosquito had gotten into the house or something. Then, I noticed that my left eye was a little harder to open than usual, and last night, after dinner, I noticed those itchy places were little clusters of raised red bumps. My eye started swelling a little more.
I’ve never had an issue with allergies, except for when I was about 12 years old, and I had a bad bout with poison oak all over my entire face. It was horrible.
Kylie got on her school computer which has some kind of app that you type in the symptoms to find out what’s wrong.
- Swollen eyes
- Itchy dots
- Fatigue
- Stress
She diagnosed me with hives! I’ve never had hives before!
This morning, I woke up looking like this.
My eyes are swollen, and my lips are so swollen, I can barely drink my coffee! My fingers and toes and swollen and tight, and the palms of my hands and bottom of my feet itch like crazy!
I don’t like taking Benadryl, because I hate that it’s so harsh, and I don’t want my milk to dry up, so I’m going to try taking a more natural approach with something that I reviewed a while back – Rainbow Light Allergy Rescue – and we’ll see if that helps any!
Just a day in the life of the Johnstons. We call it McCrory’s Law (my maiden name). If it’s going to happen bad, it’s going to happen to us.
Oh no! I hope you all feel better soon!
ugh. so sorry. hope you and everyone feels better soon.
Girl your house has it bad! I hope you feel better soon.
Oh no, get better soon!
I’m sorry. I hope everything is ok soon!
Oh no!! I hope you get better soon.
I’m sorry! I hope you’re feeling better now.
I have suffered from random swelling in my lips since my son was born. Let me know about the rainbow light!! since I’m nursing I don’t want to take benedryl either.
I hope everyone feels better.
I hope it clears up quickly.
Oh my gosh, you poor thing. I hope it clears up soon!
Oh my! I always thought that hives was the physical reaction to something, I never realized that it was an illness all on it’s own! I am still praying for you guys, you just can’t seem to catch a break!
So sorry to hear that! I hope that it clears up quickly.
Stress can create some crazy issues with your body. I hope u feel better soon. My mom used to get hives all the time with having 4 kids
Oh no hun! I hope you and your family get well soon!
Hope you feel better!
If you are taking any medication, just make sure you check with your doctor!
Poor thing! Hope you feel better soon!
I hope you feel better soon! My son & I both get hives.
I wonder what the heck brought that on!
Maybe something you ate? Sweet T broke out in hives a couple of weeks ago and it was the cashews she ate the night before.
I didnt even know you could develop them later in life.
Feel better soon!
I get hives, too. 🙁 And I sure hope everyone and everything gets better very quickly in your house. Good luck! 🙂