But not a spider bite, an insect bite. Either ant or some sort of crawly thing. Let's start at the very beginning (a very good place to start).
6:53 a.m.: Grant comes into my room and props his leg up on the bed by my head. "This itches and hurts, Mommy." Well good morning to you, too, buddy. I take a look at his leg and there's this egg-sized red lump on his shin. Grant is a tough boy. He doesn't really complain (about pain or discomfort) so if he's complaining, he's not crying wolf. I could see that he was walking, so it probably wasn't a broken bone. *whew*
7:09 a.m.: I've gotten him dosed with Benadryl, applied some Cortizone-10, and put an ice pack on it. The Health Unit doesn't open until 8:30 am. We wait and I Google "spider bites" until then.
8:34 a.m.: I call the Health Unit and recount the previous two paragraphs. She recommends going to a local pediatrician. I'm less than thrilled. But take into account my experience, which is Egypt, the Land of Inefficiency. She gives me the contact info and I call the number for the office, make an appointment. The appointment is for 10:30 and they'll also need to start a file on him, so it might take a while. I call Spence and tell him I need back-up.
10:23 a.m.: We arrive at IHB and march into the lobby. Everything is clean, professional and efficient. From opening a file for Grant to us walking back to the car took 35 minutes. We saw a wonderful pediatrician, Dr. Beltagi. I told him what I had already done, he examined Grant and said, "Why did you come in? You've already done everything I would have told you to do." Well pat me on the back call me burped!
11:06 a.m.: Back at home; Grant & Mairyn are playing Super Mario Bros battle on the DSs and all is well. Better safe than sorry.
Grant is an all or nothing kid. When he reacts he REACTS! When he's okay, he's the epitome of mellow yellow. I've just never seen a reaction that leaves a lump the size of a deviled egg! Grant really knows how to react.
6:53 a.m.: Grant comes into my room and props his leg up on the bed by my head. "This itches and hurts, Mommy." Well good morning to you, too, buddy. I take a look at his leg and there's this egg-sized red lump on his shin. Grant is a tough boy. He doesn't really complain (about pain or discomfort) so if he's complaining, he's not crying wolf. I could see that he was walking, so it probably wasn't a broken bone. *whew*
7:09 a.m.: I've gotten him dosed with Benadryl, applied some Cortizone-10, and put an ice pack on it. The Health Unit doesn't open until 8:30 am. We wait and I Google "spider bites" until then.
8:34 a.m.: I call the Health Unit and recount the previous two paragraphs. She recommends going to a local pediatrician. I'm less than thrilled. But take into account my experience, which is Egypt, the Land of Inefficiency. She gives me the contact info and I call the number for the office, make an appointment. The appointment is for 10:30 and they'll also need to start a file on him, so it might take a while. I call Spence and tell him I need back-up.
10:23 a.m.: We arrive at IHB and march into the lobby. Everything is clean, professional and efficient. From opening a file for Grant to us walking back to the car took 35 minutes. We saw a wonderful pediatrician, Dr. Beltagi. I told him what I had already done, he examined Grant and said, "Why did you come in? You've already done everything I would have told you to do." Well pat me on the back call me burped!
11:06 a.m.: Back at home; Grant & Mairyn are playing Super Mario Bros battle on the DSs and all is well. Better safe than sorry.
Grant is an all or nothing kid. When he reacts he REACTS! When he's okay, he's the epitome of mellow yellow. I've just never seen a reaction that leaves a lump the size of a deviled egg! Grant really knows how to react.
2 comments:
I got stung by a bee last month and my arm swelled up just like Grant's leg. It was horrible.
Then my brother got stung by a bee and he's like "meh." No swelling. No burning. No itching.
What? How unfair, right?
Poor, poor Grant. But he's such a trooper!
That is huge! I'm glad everything's okay!
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