*warning girl/children medical talk ahead*
Lexi is not technically “sick” but she is MISERABLE. The poor thing has a yeast infection. But it’s not like an adult yeast infection, it seems to be all on the outside. And no, there’s not white yucky stuff. It looks like a diaper rash but it itches her until she literally falls to her knees crying in such pain. She has a few minutes when she finally stops itching and gets down to play but she is on the verge of insanity and gets mad/upset at the drop of a hat. I feel so bad for her.
It showed up on Wednesday, got bad yesterday and today I finally took her to the dr hoping they could do something and while they did put her on prescription strength cream, it doesn’t stop the immediate itching. The dr. said it would probably be bad until Monday. Ugh.
And you can’t take the girl anywhere. She’s not shy about scratching. She spreads her legs like a boy and starts scratching like a baseball player with jock-itch. It’s VERY unladylike and extremely embarrassing. I had to run out of Walgreens when we were getting her prescription as she started scratching and crying which made everyone in sight look at her. I tried to cover and say things like “I know it hurts, honey” or “I know it itches, mommy’s getting some medicine for you”. But for some reason it didn’t stop the stares. So methinks we’ll be staying in most of the weekend.