Wash: So, two days in a hospital? That's awful. Don't you just hate doctors? Simon: Hey. Wash: I mean, present company excluded. Jayne: Let's not be excluding people. That'd be rude.

'Ariel'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Amy - Sep 20, 2011 1:30:54 pm PDT #27419 of 30001
Because books.

Okay, talk me down for a minute? (Today has been Too Fraught already.)

Ben showed me this rash behind both ears the other day, and I kind of blew it off. Weird, but he has fair FAIR Irish skin (the kind that flushes easily, and burns), and his skin is super sensitive.

Today, the mostly flat rash is developing into small bumps (not zits, though, or hives, more under the skin), and the lymph node on his right side is swollen.

Dr. Google just SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME. Any parents with ideas?


§ ita § - Sep 20, 2011 1:35:17 pm PDT #27420 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't know shit about shit, except PUT THE GOOGLE DOWN.


Hil R. - Sep 20, 2011 1:40:23 pm PDT #27421 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Amy, I've had things like that a bunch of times, and usually it goes away on its own.


hippocampus - Sep 20, 2011 1:41:26 pm PDT #27422 of 30001
not your mom's socks.

Amy, is there a minute clinic around? maybe at a Target?

Seconding the Step Away From The Google.


le nubian - Sep 20, 2011 1:42:52 pm PDT #27423 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

amy,

benadryl!


Amy - Sep 20, 2011 1:43:22 pm PDT #27424 of 30001
Because books.

Oh, Benadryl's a good start. Okay.

And yes, stepping away from Google.


DavidS - Sep 20, 2011 1:45:46 pm PDT #27425 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Could be a heat rash, maybe?

Let's hope it's not bug related despite ita's wear-a-bug-bite-on-your-neck day.

That sure is one happy looking baby, Nilly.

It's like he knows how lucky he is to have Nilly as a Mom.


Zenkitty - Sep 20, 2011 1:48:18 pm PDT #27426 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Amy, I have that kind of skin too, and that sounds like dermatitis. If it's behind his ears, it could just be caused by sweating a lot in heat and humidity (which always gives me cysts behind my ears). For another anecdata point, I have a friend whose daughter developed a rash around her mouth that sounds similar; it went away after she cut gluten out of the kid's diet. It's probably not serious; drop by a clinic and yeah - step away from Dr. Google.


Steph L. - Sep 20, 2011 1:53:20 pm PDT #27427 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Steph, hand to dog, tomorrow was Wear A Superhero Day.

I'm trying to not get my hopes up about the Blue Beetle title, since everything else I've read of the reboot is crap. But damn it, it's Blue Beetle.

Oh, Benadryl's a good start. Okay.

Also hydrocortisone cream.


-t - Sep 20, 2011 2:02:12 pm PDT #27428 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I would like to blame my lack of productivity today on having Cold Kiss to read, but really, I would have been equally unproductive without it, just enjoying it less.