We had flashbacks to last May, where a severe reaction to an unknown insect bite landed Annalise into Childrens' Hospital for IV antibiotics. She complained Sunday noon about two mosquito-looking bites on her arm. They were white and raised in the center, with a pinkish ring around them. After several hours, they were starting to look angry and getting warm, and definitely more red, especially one of them. We gave her some Benadryl, and she had also been taking her seasonal prophylactic Zyrtec prescribed by the allergist, for about a week already. By Monday morning, the bite on her upper arm was tender and the redness had spread pretty impressively, so off to urgent care we went, since we couldn't get in to see her regular pediatrician. Oral antibiotics were prescribed (we saw a PA-C!), and we were instructed to spray Annalise with bug spray whenever she goes outside. If the redness had spread any further, she would have been admitted again for IV Ab, but thankfully the Keflex nipped it in the bud.
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