Family Game Night
Tonight, the PTA at Little Boy's school had a Family Game Night fund raiser. The gym was open with activity games for the kids, pizzas were $6 each, drinks for a quarter. We brought a board game (Candy Land) and all played together after we ate. Then we went over to the gym and Little Boy played a game that looked very fun, but seemed not to have much point. Oh well, it got the kids moving.
I took Little Boy to the MD today. She filled out the state-required form to dispense Rx meds, and wrote a prescription for an OTC drug (Benadryl). I am to take the meds and the form to the school, and if little boy gets another ant bite, they are to give him a Benadryl, then call me. I am also going to have to take him to an allergist for more testing. She thinks the rash was an allergic reaction to the ant bites, but because it wasn't a full systemic response (no shortness of breath or anything like that) he is not at this time a good candidate for desensitizing. Further tests will determine if he actually IS a candidate for densensitizing. She said he may also need to have an epi-pen.
He really liked the doctor. The office was kind of old, but the paint was cheerful and very kid-oriented. Lots of free-form paintings of African animals on the wall, along with multiple stencils of the alphabet. And he got stickers, which is always very cool.
I took Little Boy to the MD today. She filled out the state-required form to dispense Rx meds, and wrote a prescription for an OTC drug (Benadryl). I am to take the meds and the form to the school, and if little boy gets another ant bite, they are to give him a Benadryl, then call me. I am also going to have to take him to an allergist for more testing. She thinks the rash was an allergic reaction to the ant bites, but because it wasn't a full systemic response (no shortness of breath or anything like that) he is not at this time a good candidate for desensitizing. Further tests will determine if he actually IS a candidate for densensitizing. She said he may also need to have an epi-pen.
He really liked the doctor. The office was kind of old, but the paint was cheerful and very kid-oriented. Lots of free-form paintings of African animals on the wall, along with multiple stencils of the alphabet. And he got stickers, which is always very cool.
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Huh. Our pediatrician's examining rooms are covered with jungle animals, too. There must have been a convention for pediatrician office decorators somewhere. I hope those ants DIE! DIE! DIE!!
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School and meds, when the kids have lingering colds or such we send them to school with an antihistamine, but we make it very clear not to let anyone know as the schools have zero tolerance for any meds (aka drugs). It seems easier to trust your kids, then to go through the hassle of the school beaucracy.
Some kids have got in trouble for taking OTC main meds for such symptons as PMS.
I remember the red fire ants in California, one bite and the sting would keep you in pain for at least an hour. Hope your kid feeling better.
He was much better the very next day! I was just worried about the reaction, because...well, blah, blah, blah, I went into that already. Louisiana apparently has a form that will allow the school to dispense Rx meds when ordered by an MD, and the pharmacies can dispense OTC medicine into an Rx container when the Rx is written that way.
He's only five, so I'm not inclined to let him do this himself. Maybe when he's a young teen.
Zero tolerance seems to have evolved into "check your brain at the door."
I have not read all your blogs, so I don't know the history. Glad he's doing better.
Technically, they can't even use Boudreaux's Butt-Paste without a prescription. I just wanted to mention South Louisiana's wonder product, which I'm sure Ann has heard of by now.
My daughter buys Boudreaux mail order. My grandson has eczema, and it helps enormously. She was so excited when she found it at the grocery store here...she bought two jars!
DH has a problem with his hands - the skin dries out and peels and cracks when it's cold. That's a problem here, surprisingly, because we have to run the A/C so much. Do you think Boudreaux would help?
I wouldn't think Boudreaux's would help with chapped hands. There probably is a skin-care product out there designed for your DH's condition. Bath & Body Works would know, or you might even be able to find something at Walgreen's or Sav-A-Center. Your DH might even want to try exfoliating once a week or so -- Kyan on Queer Eye recommends that for everybody.
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