Steven-Johnson's Syndrome...or Possibly Johnson-Steven's Syndrome

Lana's allergic reaction to the sulfa medication was somewhat more serious than we originally thought. In addition to the large, red, itchy lumps, her mucous membranes were bleeding and it was not a good situation. She can never have any sulfa drugs ever again. The doctor called the reaction a Steven-Johnson's Syndrome reaction. Or vice versa. I'm somewhat too tired to recall. She was hesitant to give her any other antibiotic at this time, but, fortunately, her urine was "clean", so, she (the doctor) seemed to think the bladder infection had cleared. I mentioned the crying in her sleep, and the doctor said, "Well, she was in a lot of pain. She probably felt like her skin was crawling off."

She has been on Benadryl round the clock and seems to be feeling better. She slept all last night which is a huge bonus. Gabriel slept with me in the front room, because he is having some kind of nighttime anxiety - he says he is afraid of something but he doesn't know what (oh, I don't know, perhaps afraid that his parents will leave again for 3 weeks and come back with a whole human being??). He did go right to sleep once I laid down with him, and, at the moment, the only thing that matters to me is that everybody sleeps. (Adding to our exhaustion, poor David has some kind of flu - chills, fever, achiness, etc. No fun.)

Somebody tell me I'll feel like a regular human being someday soon,
Gretchen