Poor Zach!

Well, things have been crazy here lately with Zach.  He has had quite the medical issues.  It started 2 weeks ago when I had him in and he had strep throat.  They prescribed him Amoxicillin.  Well, about a week later, he finally mentioned to Jim & I that he had a bad rash & it had been really itchy.  At first I dismissed it for his eczema but took one look & knew it was something else.  So I brought him in & sure enough, he was having an allergic reaction to his medication.  At this point the doctors were pretty concerned for him because he had waited to tell us until he was absolutely miserable.  They had to do an EpiPen while we were in the office & then they prescribed him Prednisone for 9 days.  That night we saw a huge improvement & I thought he was good to go.  Well, little did I realize it would still have to run its course.  So, as the week went on, he got worse & worse.  His hands & feet were so swollen he couldn't even walk or hold something in his hands.  I had to feed him because his hands were so swollen he couldn't pick up a fork!  He was so uncomfortable & in quite a bit of pain.  So after 5 days of this we thought things were finally looking up.  Then, about 2-3 nights later, Zach started complaining that his left wrist hurt.  I should remember that for Zach to complain to me about something, it has really got to hurt!  But we kind of dismissed it until he came home from school on Monday & said he thought for sure it was broken because he couldn't move it.  I brought him in & they did x-rays and all looked normal.  So they gave him a wrist brace to wear while he played basketball & told him to not over do it.  Well, all of a sudden that same night he started sobbing that now his RIGHT wrist hurt.  At this point I had had it & told him there was no way he broke both wrists & he should just try to stretch them out well.  I dreaded taking him back in because we had been in that office so many times in the last few days.  But after 2 days of listening to him complain about his wrists & really struggling to move them & crying after basketball practice, (& getting some great advice from Jim's sister who is a nurse) we brought him in again.  They did x-rays again (that were all clear) & ran some blood work.  Well, we got a call on Thursday that Zach tested positive for Lyme's Disease.  Turns out he is in stage 2 (joint pain) & it can be dormant in the body for 6 months to a year.  We are actually very lucky he was diagnosed right away because many people suffer from it for years before they finally get a correct diagnosis of Lyme's.  So needless to say, he is now on a 28 day prescription and his wrists are finally on the mend.  We are hoping this is it & Zach will be healthy again.  He's sure ready to feel good!