Allergies Are The Devil

Allergies are the devil. Oh yes, they are the devil. I really don't like to refer to things as the devil unless I truly view them as demonic but if you were one of the people who witnessed what allergies did to my innocent little boy last week then you too would feel that allergies were of some satanic force.

I dropped my son off at the baby sitter's house just like any other work day and he was perfectly fine. Now, he does have allergies and he takes medication everyday but they are manageable and I don't have to keep him indoors or anything that drastic. Next thing I know I have a voice mail that his eyes have began to water uncontrollably and have began to swell. What? I mean... He was fine a few hours ago!

So I call and the sitter says he is somewhat better and that he isn't upset and that I don't need to leave work. So I continue to work, keeping my ill son in the back of my mind. I end up leaving a little early anyway because I am concerned. So I get to the sitter's house and I wake my son up who is soundly sleeping and he can barely open his eyes! The goop has made his eyelids stick together! They are so swollen at the sight of which I almost burst into tears...

So I scoop him up and like any other mother who is concerned about their child's vision and overall well being, I take him to the ER. It isn't too late and there aren't too many people there so we get in to see the doctor rather quickly. The doctor proceeds to tell me that this is the THIRD child he has seen this evening with "allergy induced conjunctivitis." So, the only think of that would happily prey on little children is the devil, right? The doc prescribes my little one two different eye drops and we head home.

My little boy was so confused and in so much pain with all of the itching and burning. My heart just broke to look at his sweet face, all red and swollen. So I called his pediatrician the next day as well and he changed his regular allergy meds to two better, stronger, and newer medications. I really hope they work. He does look a lot better. He hasn't been allowed to play outside for a week to avoid environmental allergens. He can go out tomorrow, though. No child should be held captive in their home because they can get sick from the environment!

I know that my son is tough and that he won't let some allergies keep him from being the happy, amazing child he has always been. I have to say, I was unprepared as to how a little ragweed could take down a person quicker than a left hook! He is doing so much better and hopefully these new meds will help him to continue to improve. Allergies may be the devil but my baby is an angel and he's going to kick their ***.