First Trip to the ER

Brianna has been a sick little girl this year. In early January, she went to the doctor for a sinus infection and an ear infection that took 3 rounds of antibiotics to clear up. Three weeks ago, we took her to the Urgent Care because she woke up running a fever and having difficulty breathing. It turns out she had an upper respiratory, sinus and ear infections (it had only been a little over two weeks since her last ear re-check). The Urgent Care prescribed Amoxicillin and it cleared up the respiratory and sinus infections but did not clear up the ear infection. She was still being pretty fussy and since we knew that Amoxicillin did not treat her last ear infection, we called our pediatrician and asked for him to look at her ears. Sure enough, her left ear was still inflamed. So he switched her to Omnicef. The last time she was on Omnicef she developed a rash but the pediatrician thought it was due to the virus that caused her cold. Well, on Thursday I noticed a similar rash developing. By Friday morning, it was starting to spread and she had ping-pong to golf ball size knots on both of her feet. I called the doctor who advised to stop the antibiotic and give her Benadryl for the rash. The rash continued to get worse. This morning she came into our room at 1 o'clock crying and scratching. When we turned on the light to look at her, she looked awful! We called the on-call nurse for our pediatrician and she advised we take her to the ER. After examining her, they administered steroids and Benadryl through and IV. Given the circumstances, she did really well. Mommy cried right along with her when they put in her IV. She feels and looks better today. The staff at the ER did an excellent job! I guess we won't be giving her Omnicef anymore!