A Mothers View: Becky

Hi All!
Hope your all well!
I started last week by sharing our journey briefly from the start, but other than LM we have had other issues along the way including reflux, and various medicines! When Hollie was 4 weeks old (xmas day) she came out in a horrible red blotchy rash! We had her checked over boxing day and after a trip to hospital medical professionals told us that it was Eczema, gave us cream and sent us on our way. In May 2011 when Hollie was 5.5months old we were discharged from ENT, as Hollie had apparently grown out of her LM! Fantastic news! We had a minimal stridor and reflux meds still but thats all! However i still wasnt happy, the rash on Hollie continued to be present for months! After numerous visits to several GP's and several creams to try for Hollies Eczema, getting told repeatedly it was a viral rash, id had enough! Hollie was now 7 months old and consistantly red, blotchy and itching regularly! I went down to my GP and demanded yes demanded a referral to a dermatologist! In the mean time my gp changed Hollie's milk to Soya BIG mistake she threw up every feed and constantly had diarroah! We were admitted to hospital with risks of dehydration. The hospital then changed Hollies milk again to pepti-junior, but this increased Hollie's reflux, we went to a different hospital, who put Hollie back on her original milk, within 24hours no sickness, and no diarroah, and her reflux had again settled, however Hollie still had her rash. In my head i had an opinion of what Hollies rash was as i too suffer from various skin rashes, and it looked similar to mine.
We were referred to a fantastic dermatologist called Dr Garg, she actually listened to me! Me, Hollies mum, who had fought with many medical staff to be heard, to get the care my daughter needed! Hollie was diagnosed with Urticaria. Urticaria is a hives rash and usually appears when a person has a reaction to something, i too have Urticaria and mine flares with sun, grass, and pet hair. The task now was monitoring Hollie and seeing what/ if she reacted to something in particular. We were given piriton and cetraben cream to help with Hollies itching and my god did it work! Hollie was like a different child! Happy and content and itch free although the rash was still present. Now we had a diagnosis things were becoming easier to manage - or so we thought! This was only the start of our long battle of future hospital visits!
Love Becky
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