October 25, 2007 - Scratchies!!

We noticed a few red spots on Allison's trunk when putting her to bed the night before. Then she got herself dressed in the morning, so I never looked in the morning. However, part way through the morning I noticed what looked like a very puffy and red bug bite on the side of her foot. That reminded me of the spots the night before.

When I lifted Allison's shirt - this is what I saw... Then I started looking at the rest of her body....
I was appalled. She had spots covering her entire tummy, underarms, back, and legs. She wasn't itching or anything but kept calling them scratchies. I immediately thought they were hives, but I took some pictures and e-mailed them to my boss (a dermatologist) to confirm my diagnosis. He stated "that's quite the case of hives she's got there". The question was what gave them to her. He started asking if she had been eating Halloween candy yet, like red licorice etc. She hadn't been eating that, but she had been receiving candy corn for a treat whenever she went potty. That very well may have been the culprit, but we will never know for sure. We switched to a different potty incentive and after several days and many doses of Benadryl, the hives finally retreated.