Friday, February 26, 2010
Update
I know I have been bad about getting those pictures up but life has been crazy. I took Natalia to the doctors and they said that is was hives and that she was defiently allergic to something but they couldn't help in any way. They told me to keep on giving her benadryl. That was yesterday. Today, when I got home from work it was starting to spread to her mouth and I just didn't feel like it was an allergic reaction. So, I called a member of our bishopric who happens to be a P.A. for the only dermatalogist in Ribgy and he said to come on over. He came out to the waiting room looked at her and told me that it wasn't hives and that the pediatrition should have done a better job. He said it might be Fifth Disease? I don't know if I pronounced or spelled that right. He said it will usually go away in two weeks. I told him it had allready been two weeks and he said give it another 5 to 7 days and if she still has it to bring her back in to take a piece of the rash (some of her skin)and run a test. He gave us some creams to put on her once a day and then an oral medicine as well. We gave it to her as soon as we got home and a couple of hours later am seeing a huge improvement. I want to call the pediatrition and tell him I refuse to pay the bill because they didn't do their job. He said that all they had to do was scratch her leg and if it was hives another one would appear if it wasn't no new hive. It cost me $180 plus for the pediatrition and nothing for the dermatologist. I should have gone to him sooner. Although I did forget to pay for the huge "sample" that he gave us of cream, so I have to call on Monday and get that taken care of. So, good news is she isn' allergic to anything besides cheap diapers just like Jaden, and she makes a really good red spotted dalmation.
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I wondered about that. It seems that a lot of children get it--kind of an unexplained rash. It sounds like she got it really bad though. And they always say "might" because, if I remember right, they never know for sure (unless something has changed). You might consider going back to the pediatrician's office and explaining what the dermatologist's office told you and that you'd appreciate their consideration of reducing your bill. I don't think I'd request a full refund because it's not uncommon to go to the doctor and come out with no answers. You also don't have to tell them how or why you went to the dermatologist's office -- just what the opinion was. I don't know... I'm rambling! You can look up pics here:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0oGkxGk5IlLV0oAPgFXNyoA?ei=UTF-8&p=Fifth%20Disease&fr2=tab-web&fr=ytff1-msgff
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