Jan 23

Cole's rash on Saturday

Cole had an MRI scheduled at John Muir Hospital. Dane and I brought him in at 7:30am for his pre-op. Cole was given an id bracelet, which he protested over and the nurse took it off. The nurse gave Cole a little "happy juice" to put him into a relax/ drunk mode. Our baby, that we took straight from bed to the hospital was still wearing his sleepers, you know the ones that zip up w/ feet. A half hour went by and Cole was in complete happy drunk mode when the nurse decided to place the id bracelet back on him. As she was doing this I was looking down at what she was doing and noticed his hand was covered w/ tiny red spots. I questioned this sight and zipped down his sleeper to see if his chest was covered as well. Yes, he was covered with a hive looking rash. The nurses rushed to Cole's bedside and exclaimed that he is allergic to Verced (the juice concoction) ,put Cole on the respiratory monitor to check his breathing, and called the Anesthesiologist to come ASAP. He arrived and was very disappointed in Cole's allergy to Verced, stated that an allergic reaction to this drug is rare, Cole will have to go straight to recovery to be watched for 1hr, and the MRI would have to be rescheduled.
Wow, what a fiasco. You never really think about how an allergic reaction that presents itself as a rash could possibly go into further effects until you have nurses and doctors running around and showing such concern.
Cole is fine, the hive-like rash went away after 2 days. He seemed pretty oblivious to it. :o) We will try this again w/ out Verced Friday the 30th. Please pray that they find nothing and that he is fine.