Tuesday, December 6, 2011

First "Emergency"

This past Saturday we experienced our first Levi "emergency".  It wasn't actually an emergency, but it seemed like it at the time.  We had spent the day at Tim's parents' house babysitting Sydney.  While we were there we played with their cat.  Thinking nothing of it, we went on with our day, went out for dinner, and headed back to the city.  When we were about halfway home Levi woke up in his car seat and started screaming.  Now, keep in mind that this kid hates the car, so this was really  nothing out of the ordinary.  After a little bit of this we decided to pull off and see if he needed to go to the bathroom.  Tim takes him into the oasis and discovers that Levi's eye is completely swollen.  It was hot to the touch and seemed to hurt when we touched it.  We called the doctor and she said to take him to the ER since it was probably an allergic reaction.  By the time we got the the ER the swelling had gone down significantly, he had no fever, and seemed to be in good spirits (despite the fact that it was about 3 hours past his bedtime).  The only conclusion that we could all come to was that he may have a slight allergy to cats.  This is also based on the fact that he has developed a rash after being around cats once before.  He saw his doctor for a follow-up today and she too thinks that it sounds like a cat allergy.  She says that when he is older we can decide if we want to actually do tests to determine the allergy, but for now to just try to keep him away from cats.  We are just glad that he is not allergic to dogs!

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