Hives

We've got those too. But we are actually on the mend, thankfully. Hosea broke out in Hives Sunday night, so he's looked like this for 5 days, probably our longest hive visit yet. The Dr. said he thought it may be related to the virus he has? Either way, he gets loads of anti-histamine. They appear to be fading for real today. I say "for real" b/c they have appeared to be fading since Monday, but in reality they just seem to be moving around to different places, and leaving dark bruise looking spots where they have been, so he is blotchy pink and purple all over. I believe our virus is fading also, Shiloh is still coughing, but both kids ate breakfast this morning, and so far both have kept it, a change from yesterday. Also we've been on the antibiotics for 48 hours now, so I can imagine the ear infections are also healing, as both kids slept all night last night.


I also decided to include Shiloh's hive picture from December with her Rocephin reaction. I didn't get her picture in the peak of the hives, but she still looked pretty rough by the time I thought to snap it, so her hives had been fading for about 14 hrs. She looked much more like the nutty professor the night prior, but I wasn't thinking 'get the camera', I was thinking 'get to the ER'. If you are wondering why the Schloss children have such an issue with hives/allergies, look no further than their maternal gene pool.


Now you may be wondering what we've been up to for our confinement. So I decided to include Pic's of that as well. First is the everyone being sick on the couch picture.


Last but certainly not least is the kids doing their newest most favorite thing to do, and my least favorite thing they do. They spend a good portion of time being busy worker bees collecting pollen, or in this case anything they can find that can be carried and dumped into the pack-n-play, this specific picture included all diapers and wipes in the house, a box of 48 crayons, the box of animals, all toys to be found, Shiloh's bag of accessories, Hosea's sock drawer, they grabbed his swim suit while they were in the neighborhood, and of course some shoes, dolls, blankets, and then I walked in. The operation was spear headed by the little man, but the two worked diligently together until the all tactics were stopped by the one they call "mom". I had to get a picture and snicker to the side as to not encourage it, but they did "play well" together while I was cooking dinner, so I am grateful for that uninterrupted time.