Raelee has become quite the daddy's girl lately. With the cooler weather we've been experiencing, Joshua has been clearing out some of the overgrowth on the edge of the woods to expand the size of our yard. And Raelee's been helping him, carrying brush from one area to another.
Now Joshua knew that there was poison ivy in one section of the woods. He's highly allergic to it and got burned by it a year ago when he was clearing some of it out. Unfortunately, it never occurred to him that our little girl might come in contact with it while helping him clear the land.
And that' exactly what happened. Not on did Joshua break out all over, Raelee, too, developed a rash. Not as bad as Joshua's, but still, not pretty to look at.
It's all over her chin, forehead, left ear, and along her jaw line. She scratched herself really bad during the night a couple nights ago and has scratch marks on her chin. There's some on her left arm, a little on her tummy, too.
Her left leg also broke out with the rash. She told me that she's "itchy all over." We've treated with cortisone just about as much as we can, but rubbing it in makes the rash itch.
The good news is that it looks as though the rash is starting to clear out--thank goodness! I never in my wildest imagination would have ever guessed that I'd have a child this young get poison ivy. Oh well, bound to happen eventually!
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