Thursday, August 19, 2010

Of bug bites, google searches and swollen eyes

With children around, you always learn something new everyday. Last evening little bunny came back from her kindergarten with two small tiny red dots on her face. Hubby and me examined the red dots carefully and dismissed it as some kind of unexplained rashes. But then when little bunny got up in the middle of the night with a really swollen face we began to panic. The red dots had metamorphed into these giant swells! After several frantic google searches we learnt that we definitely had to rule out an allergy and administer a antihistamine. Phew, luckily we had one at hand. Feeling better, the rest of the night was spent vigilantly checking on any change in her state. Morning came and a visit to the paediatrician revealed that it was a bug bite and the swelling was due to an inflammation of the lymph nodes. The discomfort should clear up in a couple of days was the promise given. Lessons learnt: never ignore the tiniest of rashes, google search results don't always help and importantly dont panic else both you and your little one will have real swollen eyes the next day.

4 comments:

  1. Oh Gosh! It would have been quite a tensed night. I hope little bunny is better now. We have had some similar experience with Vanya n finally we went to emergency in the middle of the night (that was during easter). I guess at times it's just better to bug our docs even with small probs then waiting for the anxiety bug to bite us in the middle of the night...or what do u say (afterall u are more experienced)?

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  2. Yes indeed a night filled with tension..yes she is completely fine now...but when you dont know what is happening you feel helpless...when are Vanya and both of you coming to visit us?

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  3. Sindhu we would have loved to meet the two little angels n you too. Finally we have Vanya's passport n swiss visa (still waiting for her birth certificate though - swiss has some very stupid rules for that n we need to do thousands of legalizations, verifications, etc. but we are planning our Indian trip). We are thinking of going to India soon as the grandparents have not seen her yet.

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  4. Good to know Bunny is alright now. Yeh Google is an emergency doc sometimes.

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