My poor baby...

Isabella has had eczema since she was born. There are times when her flare ups are worse than others...usually on her face, hands and the back of her legs. Crazy weather definitely does not help her skin condition.

I noticed on Friday that it was starting to flare up. It was 80 degrees and she had been at the park playing all afternoon with my dad, so I wasn't too surprised. Saturday it started to get a little worse and then Sunday it was starting to look a little better because I made sure she didn't touch or scratch her face. Yesterday she stayed with my father in-law and her face got soooooo bad, and it was starting to go down her neck. My sister in-law (a nurse) stopped by their house and she said that she it had gotten infected.

So after work, I took Isabella to the after hours clinic. Basically they confirmed what my sis in-law said they thought that she had a staph infection called impetigo. They swabed her face for a culture to make sure. We left with a prescription for an oral anitbotic, a topical antibotic, and hydrocortizone. Of course then when I went to the pharmacy I almost had a heart attack, because they told me that the oral antibotic was going to cost $125!!! And that was with insurance...insurance saved me $230! What heck was this stuff?! They said it was a really strong antibotic. The topical cost $40...so all and all it was a $200 night.

I just feel so bad for her. She looked at herself in the mirror yesterday and just started bawling. It was so sad. It looks horrible. The doc did say that we should see a huge improvement in about 2 days. Apparently kids with eczema are more prone to getting staph, so I guess I'm lucky she's never had it before. They only thing I can think of is she caught it off the playground when the flare up first started and she would of been touching all the equipment then scratching her face. :(