Scary Day

Monday afternoon we had a very scary moment in our home. We had given Tyler a bottle of formula (I do normally breastfeed but I had to step out of the house for a moment) which he had taken one other time before. Within 30 minutes of his feeding his whole body broke out in one big rash and then his face swelled. I have never seen a babies ears swell so large. They looked like a wrestler's ears.

Things started to get even worse and Tyler turned white as a sheet and his lips turned blue. He was barely breathing and I hurried and called 911. The paramedics got here in a few minutes and didn't even try to work on him at the house. He needed to get to the hospital ASAP. At the emergency room they gave him a steroid to help open his airways and relax his lungs. Within a few hours his rash had disappeared and his color began to come back.

It was a very scary moment for all of us, and I am so grateful to my neighbors who ran over to the house to help. They came and took the other three kids so we could go up to the hospital. I am also so very grateful to my Heavenly Father for protecting my little boy and allowing him to stay with us. Prayers are answered.

Now our next step is to have some allergy tests done to determine what Tyler is so allergic to that would cause that severe of a reaction.