Kelsey woke up this morning and she was covered in hives. Luckily we already were planning to take her to the doctor today for something else. We learned that the hives were the result from being on an antibiotic for a cough she's had. It is called a serum sickness (you can google it), but it is basically that she has a reaction to the penicillin that gives her hives and makes her joints red, hot and swollen. So she is now on a steroid to get rid of it. Luckily she acts fine- just a little itchy. :) But she will never get penicillin again- the reaction could be worse next time.
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