ANTS!!!!

Friday we went to play with Reese's little friend Emma. We took them a park and let them play. The weather was nice and cool and they had fun...until Reese decided to play (or sit? not sure) in ants. Emma came and let us know what was going on and we quickly brushed the ants off of her.

I figured the spot where they bit her would swell up some since that is what happens to her when she gets an insect bit. Today when she woke up she came into our room and said her hands hurt. Sure enough, they were red and a tad swollen. I put benadryl cream on them and we snuggled in bed. I noticed a red spot on her face, by her eye and thought maybe it was from sleeping. You know, how when you sleep on something it makes swollen red marks on the face. But it wouldn't go away.

Then I noticed another red mark by her mouth. The marks were more red than swollen but there was a tiny bit of swelling. We gave her benadryl assuming it was a reaction to the ants. I wasn't too worried thinking some kids were just like this. As the day went on her face didn't get any better and in fact the redness spread. Awesome.

I gave her more benadryl when we got home and called the after hours number at our pedi. I assumed she would say shes fine and not to worry. But she didn't. She asked a lot of questions that I thankfully said "no" to. She told me to watch her closely tonight. She didn't feel it was an anaphylactic reaction but still an allergic one. She told me to keep giving her benadryl and to possible call Monday for an epi-pen since most insect reactions get worse each time.

Poor Reese only had a few bits of "regular" ants. I can't imagine if it had been fire ants or a lot of ants.

And how on earth did I get the "ant allergic kid" in Texas?? I mean, there have to be a million ants here in cypress alone! UGH!

Heres a few (really bad quality) pictures of her face after her third dose of benadryl.




ETA: She slept in our bed on Saturday night so we could watch her and more for my peace of mind. I kept thinking we'd walk in and she would of stopped breathing (dramatic much?) and not know what to do. But Sunday she woke up and looked much much better. She just had a few blochy areas.

We are now seeing an allergist this week and will be getting an epi pen from our doctor. Hopefully we'll never need to use it.