penicillin

d,

I took you to an Urgent Care appointment this morning because of a rash we first noticed Saturday night. It's little red spots on slightly raised patches all over your body, most noticeable on your torso.

It struck me as not being a big deal, especially since you exhibited no other symptoms, but I could tell Mom was determined to get to the bottom of it.

Thinking back over your meals and snacks the days prior turned up nothing suspicious.

A web search brought one candidate to mind: medication. For the last 8 days you'd been taking Amoxicillin in the form of a sweet, wildly pink liquid. Though you took to the stuff like a seagull to a french fry, it was the only new thing in your diet and the information I found suggested it could take as long as two weeks for medicine allergic rashes to appear.

The doc confirmed our suspicions and says we should operate under the assumption that you have a mild allergy to penicillin, and it's good that you didn't have any troubles breathing. Yeah.

Make a mental note of this one, Dylan. You'll get asked about it at doctor visits for the rest of your natural life.


Dad