For the last week or so, Ashley has been fighting what we thought was a cold. She was miserable with a runny nose, headache, sore throat but remarkably no fever. With Ashley we just can't give her any over-the-counter medications so we just had to watch her, make her blow her nose and force her to drink plenty of fluids. Today, I took Ashley to see her pediatrician after receiving a call from the school clinic saying that Ashley was complaining of a headache and she was in tears. The doctor said that Ashley was normal, normal but sick.
It's wonderful to find out that your chronically ill child has a perfectly normal illness. Ashley has an allergy induced sinus infection. The funny thing is, Ashley doesn't have any known allergies except to Penicillin. We had Ashley tested for allergies last year and she was given the all-clear. Because I am the pushy mom that I am, I ordered the doctor to give me a script to have Ashley's blood work tested for allergies (she had the skin prick test before). I will be taking Ashley to the Quest Diagnostics tomorrow after school. And I bet Ashley has some environmental allergies just like me and her brother, Brad.
Not complaining, it's wonderful that she is normal, perfectly normal.
It's wonderful to find out that your chronically ill child has a perfectly normal illness. Ashley has an allergy induced sinus infection. The funny thing is, Ashley doesn't have any known allergies except to Penicillin. We had Ashley tested for allergies last year and she was given the all-clear. Because I am the pushy mom that I am, I ordered the doctor to give me a script to have Ashley's blood work tested for allergies (she had the skin prick test before). I will be taking Ashley to the Quest Diagnostics tomorrow after school. And I bet Ashley has some environmental allergies just like me and her brother, Brad.
Not complaining, it's wonderful that she is normal, perfectly normal.
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