Just when you think nothing else can be put on your plate - something is.
Today, Raquel woke up in a great mood and was very happy and playful all day. All day, that is, until our trip to Costco late this morning. We made a quick stop to only get a couple of things and on the way out, Gabby wanted a smoothie. While I was paying for it, Raquel started getting a little irritated and Mike gave her a handful of 100% Vegan and Gluten-Free Blueberry Pomagranate Trail Mix (which is absolutely DELICIOUS, by the way). By the time we got to the car a minute or two later, we noticed that Raquel's eyelids had begun to get very swollen and red blotches were appearing on her face. By the time we got her home, she had a full on breakout of hives all over her body and she could not stop itching. Then the sneezing and runny nose started.
Mike immediately fetched his computer to Google, and started reading off all kinds of horrible things about her going into some terrible shock. I lathered her with hydrocortisone cream to stop the itching and gave her a dose of Benedryl. Right now she's fast asleep and I'm checking on her every few minutes to make sure she's still breathing - just like I used to when my girls were babies. Okay, I still check on them throughout the night - but not nearly as much as in the beginning...
Why hives right now going into one of the biggest weeks where we've got not only the IEP tomorrow, plus medical and psychological exams scheduled in addition to the final week of ABA therapy? I don't know. But the saying goes that you are never given anything more than you can handle. Right now I'm just trying to focus on getting her well and am hoping she wakes up feeling better. I'm not sure she'll be up to ABA in the morning or Speech in the afternoon. We'll just have to cross that bridge when we get to it.
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