Mystery bumps

Mystery bumps and rashes

Reagan's bumps are almost gone. I still don't have a foregone conclusion on what she had. I believe though she got a light outbreak of chicken pox from the vaccine. Hopefully it wasn't enough to be contagious.

Oddly enough though, today Bailey is sporting some small little bumps on her face. It is definitely turning into some kind of rash. What exactly she is developing, I'm not sure.

Reagan tidbit
Bailey was power puking again and this time I angled her to try to catch most of it in the sink as I was already standing there. That gave Reagan a full on view to the events. Reagan watched Bailey spew her bottle and then said, "Oh no! Made a mess! Made a mess!" Of course if anyone could identify a mess when she saw one, it would be the master creator herself.

Reagan has also taken to being a photographer. After grabbing my very expensive SLR (bad mommy for leaving it in reach) she picked up the camera, attempted to look through the flash, and said, "Say cheese mommy." When I reclaimed the camera from the all too unhappy tot she sobbed while reaching for my camera "my cheese, my cheese."

CIO

No CIO tonight either. Bill sat on the floor next to her bed and put his head on her bed rail while patting her back. Next thing he knew an hour had passed and he had a nice little nap. No telling how long it took her to fall asleep, but at least it was a cry free night. On the reverse though, she has now started waking up very early (5am instead of 7am). *sigh*

Randomness

The picture is just a random picture of Reagan just because it makes me happy.

Oh, and another random comment, the chair is still vandalized. One of these days I am going to do an informal science experiment with all of the suggestions and let you know what worked.

Chicken Pox? From the Vaccine?

Reagan finally got her chicken pox vaccine a few weeks ago. A few days ago the daycare called and suspected that Reagan had hives. Not having yet seen this mysterious rash, I called the pediatrician. She believed it was probably a breakout from the Varicella (chicken pox) vaccine she received rather than hives since I couldn't pinpoint anything new Reagan had eaten recently.

After suffering from allergies my entire life, I know a thing or two about hives. When Bill brought her home from daycare, I could see it was not hives at all. I spoke with the nurse and she told me that you could break out from the vaccine up to a month afterwards and that she was not contagious it is not the chicken pox, just a rash. She said just to watch it and give her Benadryl if needed.

It has been three days and Reagan has not once acknowledged the rash or scratched at it. So it doesn't seem to be itchy or bothersome. She isn't running a fever. But the rash covers her entire body. Even the palms of her hands and around her face is covered.

One thing to know about me is I am a huge researcher. I want all of the facts, all possible scenarios and options to anything. This is no exception. I began my research, and all of the official sites like CDC acknowledge that less than 4% may get a rash from the vaccine. But they clarify that it is only around the site area and is only 5-10 spots. Ok, Reagan has hundreds and hundreds of them over her entire body. There is no site reputable site that I've found that acknowledges it is even possible to have such a severe rash. But if I do a Google, I find all kinds of parents claiming that their kid got the actual chicken pox from the vaccine (their doctor confirmed it, blah, blah). I'm less inclined to believe them, but with absence of facts, it makes their case a little stronger.

So, I'm a little disturbed by the conflicting information. I certainly hope Reagan doesn't have an actual chicken pox outbreak. She could have potentially infected kids at her school and even worse Bailey or even Bill. Bill doesn't think he's ever had chicken pox. Uh, oh. That would really be bad.

So, who's had a similar experience with the chicken pox vaccine? I'm interested in knowing your stories with it. I've become a bit obsessed in my quest to understand what this rash is that has infected her from head to toe.

Here are a few pictures: