Sorry. I meant to get on here sooner.
Okay, what I have learned is that sometimes doctors don't know what they're talking about (something I actually learned three years ago when Wil had E. coli poisoning but should have taken more to heart, obviously). They are now saying that he's having an allergic reaction in addition to the impetigo, which my Mommy instincts says is just wrong. I've been online for hours and have ran it past three friends who are nurses, too. They've just got this one wrong. I told the doctor that if I had to bet, I'd say that he has two totally different things going on at once -- impetigo from scratching his bug bits which caused and infection and CHICKEN POX. She agreed that it DID look like it but wasn't willing to jump in with both feet. It might be odd to have two different things at once, but it's like he's cut right through the middle -- one kind of cootie on the bottom and one kind of cootie on the top that's making its way down.
Funny, my sister did some googling, and she found a thread on a website with dozens of posts from people who have and whose kids have the same symptoms as my little man! Everyone has been misdiagnosed along the way, and it seems that no doctor has been able to diagnose it. Of course, this may not be the same thing, but it's sure nice to feel like we're not in this alone.
For now, I think it's just sit and wait and see what happens. We have the nebulizer ready in case a severe reaction starts and he has any problem breathing, but so far, it's not like that at all. It just looks pretty foul.
Billy added more chlorine into the pool. As long as it's sunny, those kids are going
tomorrow. This staying in the house thing is just killing them.
Thank you for your concern and good wishes. Keep them coming! This thing is FAR from over!
