My poor baby... He woke up this morning with a sore neck. If you'd ever seen the way he sleeps, you'd say "well, yeah... of course you did!" So this morning when he was complaining about it, I kind of brushed it off and told him the kinks would work out in a couple of hours. Gave him a couple of kiddie ibuprophen to get him over the hump and sent him off to school.
Darling Man picked him up at the bus stop and Z was moving quite stiffly. When he saw that, he asked and Z told him his neck hurt. Then Darling Man did what I should have done this morning - he looked. There was an angry red bite just inside his hairline - and swelling that was growing down his neck (that light u-shaped blob on his neck). That scared him, so he called me and asked if he should take Z to the doctor. Yes! I would call ahead and let them know he's coming.
They got home shortly after I did. It was not a spider bite, which I'd feared, but rather a flea bite that had gotten infected. Since Yoda's been sleeping in his bed, I'm not terribly surprised at that. I was surprised at how violent a reaction he had because he'd never had one like this before. Poor guy - I guess he's got my allergies to insect bites!
I need to go pick up his prescriptions - ointment for the site of the bite and an antibiotic for the infection. All I can say is that I'm so grateful it isn't more serious.
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Yup - I'm glad its not something more serious! Wow, that doesn't look that comfortable at all :(
scary. keep your eye on it. Sometimes I think we get infections in bug bites. scratch them with a dirty fingernail etc
I had that sty on my eyelid (first ever) and at first I thought it was a bug bite, too. It was very painful. I had no idea.
i think i mentioned this to you before http://www.lifeisnotbubblewrapped.com/2011/09/28/just-fishin-aka-fist-pump-fridays/
Wow that's some reaction! I sure hope he feels better.
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