Rash Wednesday

Poor Sean.

Poor, poor Sean.

Last Tuesday he came home from work complaining of itching, thinking he'd gotten some bug bites and wondering if I had some too.

I did not.

By Tuesday night the itching was much worse and he discovered it was not bug bites, but a welt-like rash on his thighs, feet and hands. He called in sick for work the next morning - after waking me up at 5:45am to show me that the Benadryl he had taken hadn't worked! And that the rash had spread to his arms. He made an appointment with his doctor and went back to bed.

11:15am Doctor appointment and the diagnosis? Allergic reaction.

To what? We have NO IDEA!!

Doctor prescribed Prednisone in a pyramid pack - six pills for day 1, five for day 2, four for day 3, etc. Sean came home and took the first two after lunch. And then he slept. Honestly, I think the whole thing was good for him just to have a chance to catch up on sleep a little!

By bedtime, the itching and welts hadn't gone down, so he called in sick again for the next day. And then took an Aveeno bath. I had gone to the store to get some earlier in the day and was glad to see they still make it. It's a good thing to have on hand. I remember having to take these as a kid... when I had chicken pox, when I had bad mosquito bites after Girls Camp and the day I discovered I was allergic to horses and broke out in hives. {What's that? You didn't know I was allergic to horses?! Well, that's a post for another day!}

It was almost a full 24 hours before the Prednisone really kicked in, but once it did the rash and swelling disappeared pretty quickly. Sean was able to return to work on Friday. The only evidence we have of the whole ordeal is this cellphone picture Sean snapped of his arm. This is a mild version of what was on the rest of his body.
P.S. Sean was the clever one with the title for this post. And he really did stay home sick, with a rash, on Ash Wednesday!