Hives

I always look forward to Friday nights because it is mine and Lanee's date night. We do a Tot-Swap thing where 4 families take turns watching each others kids. So we each get 3 nights a month of dates, and one night a month we have to take the other kids! I so LOVE it! It guarantees that Lanee and I get to have our own date night!! So last Friday we were looking forward to our date since the week before we had all of the kids - hurray!! I'm sad to say, with kids and sickness and everything, we can't always go. 3:30 rolls around and I notice that Cambree has these BRIGHT red HUGE patches all over her belly and back. It looked just like an allergic reaction so I wasn't too worried. About 45 minutes pass and her WHOLE ENTIRE body is covered in hives. Now these hives looked NASTY. All over her face, arms, front, back, legs, neck, feet....you name it, she had it EVERYWHERE. I had given her Benedryl when I first noticed them, thinking it would help - nope! They just kept getting worse. So of course we couldn't go on our date AGAIN! (I forgot to mention that 2 Friday's past we didn't go either because Cambree was throwing up). Although I was saddened about our date, I was even more worried about my little girl. I made a doctors appointment for KidsCare and they got me an appointment at 6:00. Right when the doctor saw her, she was so shocked at the severity of the hives. The weird thing was that I had NO idea what might be causing them. Cambree has had no new foods, we have not changed laundry detergent or soap, and she's not on any new medications. The doctor was also surprised that we couldn't think of a cause because they were so bad. So Cambree is now on a higher dosage of antihistamine and some steroids for the week to get rid of these hives. We also have an appointment to see the Allergist so that we can figure out what is causing her to break out. Poor, poor girl!! I'm again, so mad at myself for not getting a picture, they really were a site to see!! I guess we'll keep you posted on what the turnout is.