Originally posted by llebrekniT
Quick little story about my scary night. Ella woke up from her nap crying. She continued to cry out every now and again during dinner. I noticed her left hand seemed to be swollen and she wasn't using it. When I lifted her out of her high chair she really screamed out. I started gently squeezing her hand and then worked my way up her arm, when I got to her elbow she screamed again.
We took off her shirt and her entire left arm was swollen and tight feeling. We took a closer look at her elbow and there was a tiny red mark. We both thought it might be a spider bite, so DH got a flashlight to look her room over real good. He shined it on her elbow we could see two tiny holes in the red mark. Put in a call to the doctor and while I was waiting for him to call back she started playing and started using her hand again. He advised us to give her Benadryl and Advil and wait it out, but if it got red or streaks appeared to go straight to the ER. Comforting.
I worried all night of course, but today she is fine. Daniel has always reacted badly to bug bites, especially spiders. He gets a hard round golf-ball size knot under his skin and it get red and hot. I'm thinking about having an exterminator come out and start one of those routines where they come monthly. Do any of you do this?