The Nurse Line last night said a doctor needed to check Karston after the post-Prevacid hives. Allergic reactions are more dangerous when they happen with the first exposure. (It's possible that he reacted to the 3 chocolate malted milk balls, too. He may have had a malted once before. But Prevacid is strong medicine and I want to be cautious.) So Daddy called this morning when they opened at 8 am, and we got an appointment for 9:30 am. We rushed through breakfast, having slept in after feeding both boys at 4 am.
The doctor switched Karston to Zantac. As an antihistamine (specifically an H2 / histamine-2 blocker, primarily in the stomach), it's very unlikely to trigger an allergic reaction. And yes, he's just fine; the hives went away almost as soon as they showed up, and speaking from personal experience, that's quite a mild reaction.
We're convinced that these reflux treatments are helping. Karston generally ate more when he was taking Children's Maalox. Given the taste and dose difference, we didn't give him Tums as often, and his appetite dropped way down, back to his normal paltry level. For his one day on Prevacid, Karston woke up both at 4 am and again at 8 am saying he was hungry. I don't think we've ever heard "I'm hungry" as the first words out of his mouth before. Since these treatments have all had immediate effects on his appetite, we think we're on to something. So we'll see how Zantac goes. We'll help that little tummy feel better soon.
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