To the doctor?
puffy eye
Today at the end of playgroup I noticed that Katherine’s face was splotchy on one side. At first I did not notice because she had been crying. Since she is so fair, she often gets red after crying and when it is a really good cry, her face is spotted. She had been fussing, but not really badly.
I had to go up to church and when I got there, it was still really splotchy, just on one side. Other’s noticed it and were concerned as well so I called the doctor’s office. We are supposed to go in on Thursday for her six month check up so I was going to see if I could just move that to this afternoon. No luck, but they could get me in to see another doctor in the practice. I snatched the appointment.
When I hung up, I started to questions that I had reacted too quickly so I called the advice nurse. I described Katherine’s rash but we decided that since she was not really swollen, purple, fussy or feverish we could wait and watch it. They said if anything changed to come in tomorrow, otherwise wait until our appointment on Thursday.
She was fussy the rest of the afternoon, but I attribute it more to the fact that she was tired and there was no where to nap because we were up at the church and then at Bible study. It has gone down, but her eye is still puffy and when she cries, her face gets red and spotty again.
Katherine has really been a very healthy baby. The only times we have been to the doctor were for her routine well baby exams. This was really the first time I thought about taking her in for something wrong with her. I hope I did the right thing.
The picture was taken a few hours after I talked to the doctor when it looked much better than it had. You can see that her right eye is still puffy though.