Archive for November 3rd, 2008
Pimples or Rash!?
Part of Matt’s fragile x is that he doesn’t feel pain. This also means that if he is itchy he doesn’t tell us.
This morning he got home from his respite weekend with his grandparents. I noticed he had little pimples on his chin. I wasn’t too surprised. With all the candy over the weekend he probably ate and the fact that he has his hands on his face I expected a pimple or two.
I took him to the bathroom to use his Noxzema wipes on him. I noticed he had some along his jawline too.
“Wow, how much sugar did they give him,” I wondered.
Then I noticed that he had to little pimples around his eye. Okay, now that is a new one. Pimples on the eyelids just don’t normally happen.
I went ahead and cleaned him up with the wipe and shipped him off to school. I really should have given him a Benadryl but didn’t think of that until after he got to school. Plus I don’t want him going through the school day being sluggish if there is no need. I did zip an email to his teacher giving her a heads up.
But now I’m curious. Is it a rash or just a few pimples?
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