Eli's rash update

Eli is doing better. Thanks for your prayers and words of comfort as this was a little scary for us!
Here is what he looked like 2 days ago, progressively:


This was the only way to get a really good idea of how much it covered him :(
He kept kicking off the wash cloth so I just fuzzed out the X rated spots :)


yesterday morning:

Still some puffy eyes but the redness was much better all around.

His cousins came for a visit and that really cheered him up. Here's Eli's 1st encounter with worms!


Today he is looking MUCH better. His face looks almost normal again and the blotches are faded.


We're very grateful that the turn around has been faster than expected. The Dr. said it could take up to 3 weeks for it to be gone. She diagnosed it as E.M.-the minor version and that it was probably caused by a viral infection that he had had, which sounds really bizarre but it happens more often than we hear. She's not convinced it was the penicillin's fault as he's had it once before and did not react, but we're staying away from it just the same.

So we don't know what kind of infection caused the reaction, which is the scary part-that it could happen again, but we're exploring other areas such as food allergies and what might be causing his excema flare-ups, which could lead to an infection as well.

Ahhhh..... in the meantime, he still has an ear infection (which isn't ruled out as the cause) and we're not able to treat it with other meds until his rash is completely gone. Please be praying for the comfort of his ears. The many Dr.'s office visits has given him a distaste for taking any meds/vitamins by mouth, where as before he was just fine with it. So we're having to pin him down, poor guy. He is not very happy with me afterwards, as you can imagine. I just hope I'm not ruining any trust between us :( that would make me very sad.

Thank you again for your prayers for our little man. We're so thankful for good friends & family :)
love,
The Courters