Allergy testing

Scotty and I took Makenzie to the allergy doctor today to get her tested for antibiotics that she has broken out in hives to before.  She has had problems with 2 different ones and it is making it difficult when she gets sick to pick an antibiotic.  We first consulted with him and gave him her history and he recommended proceeding with the testing. The first test was 5 pricks on her back.  She sat in my lap and squirmed a little but she did really good considering.

She passed this test.  The plus sign is what a positive test should have looked like, and the minus is what a negative test looks like.  The 2 tests on bottom are actual penicillin doses administered.  They both were negative so we proceeded to the next test.   This one was not fun.  Scotty started out holding her, but he couldn't do it.  He's such a softie when it comes to her. She sat in my lap and I bear hugged her and bribed her with a sucker.  The nurse had to give her 5 little shots under her skin on her arm.  She didn't like this one at all.

Poor baby!  Right after the nurse was done, she was done.  Up running around and playing again like nothing was wrong.  She said she had a tattoo like daddy!

She passed this test too so we moved on to the last step.  This was the easiest.  She had to drink a dose of Amoxicillin--the yummy pink bubblegum one.  We waited 45 minutes and no reaction.  This means she is clear to take a Penicillin medicine next time it is needed.  That opens up a lot more options for treatment should she need it.

Kenzie had 3 suckers, a little bag of M&M's, some veggie straws and a fruit pouch while we were there.  I brought anything I knew she would like to bribe her with these tests.  She crashed out the minute we got in the car.  Poor thing--we got to the doctor at 10:30 and at this point it was 1:30.  We stopped off for lunch at Red Robin and piggie girl still ate way more than I thought she would.  She must be going through a growth spurt or something.  I'm so proud of her and how well she did today.  She did everything the doctor asked her to do and was still smiling and sweet to them when we left.

We dropped daddy off at work and picked Kirby up from the groomers and headed home for a nap.  I let her cuddle with me in my bed and we slept for about an hour.  We spent the rest of the night playing then a bubble bath and some Mickey Mouse Clubhouse before bed.  She is such a sweet girl!