Tuesday, Feb. 8

Apparently my post this morning didn't post, so I'll recap our day. The doctor told us last night that he couldn't do anything for Kellie...in her completely burning, itchy, rash covered state of being. She just cried. He said it was coming from the inside out, hence that's why all topical "stuff" wasn't working. It seems to be a reaction to medicine, most likely the dilantin, her seizure medicine (she was misdiagnosed in the ER on Sunday). We are on prednisone and benedryl. She only slept two hours on Sunday (Monday morning) then last night was especially miserable as the rash had worsened all day Monday. We were up all night...walking outside in the cool night air...sitting in the backyard...we tried several oatmeal baths...creams...baking soda paste...laying washcloths all over her. I sent Jeremy to Walmart in the middle of the night for Tylenol PM. She couldn't sleep til about 4am. We were up at 6:30. Finally in the early afternoon, the burning subsided. In the night, the scripture from Psalm 30:5b came to my mind, "weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning." And sure enough, about 10:30 this morning Rich walked through the door with Starbucks iced chai teas! We are sure looking forward to a good night's sleep tonight!