Day off from school and skintastic fun

So, today was Landricks appointment with his new dermatologist, and he was a riot!  HOLY MOSES!  Landrick as awesome, and so was the new doc!  Total 360 from the other office... Im still in shock.  I will try and keep this post short and sweet.  Landrick did great, showed the doc his belly, and legs, and arms. Diagnosis: Mollescum Contagiousm  or Mollescum for short.  Now, when you read about it, it sounds kinda scary, until you keep reading.  This is a very common issue with children ages 1-10... so all the times I have seen little kids with these bumps on the face, or head, or arms... yea this is I am sure, what it was.  Now, looking at the photos online is enough to scare the bejesus out of anyone! Landrick, thank goodness, does not have it as bad as what the photos online show.  He has three spots.  One on his tummy near the mid chest, one on his right rib-cage, and one in the arm pit area. His are the size of pin heads, but he did have one on his chest about a month back that was just growing and was pretty painful and red.  It did pop, of course back then we didn't know what it was, I thought at first it was a little pimple like thing.. .nope.  It was this.  We have a special gel that we will be getting tmrw from the pharmacy to put on it for the next 10-12 weeks, however, due to the fact that what it does, is it dries the spots up and attacks the virus so that it goes away, since they can break open easier, Landrick can not swim ( or takes baths with his cousins if he goes to spend the night) in pools or public areas as a precaution  for two reasons: 1- he could spread it and 2- if his is gone, and someone else has the virus untreated, and his are healing, he could get it, again!  And that is the last thing that I want is to deal with this again.  Once his treatment is done, and the spots are healed over, he is good to go, so that should be JUST in time for summer!  :) With as small as his spots are ( more pinhead size) his dermatologist thinks that chance are we wont have to do the whole 10-12 weeks.  As long as no fluid is in the spots and they become flush with the skin and are healed over, he is ok.  We have to do the gel for three days on, four days off, each week and just see how it goes.  If it takes the whole 12 weeks then it does.  The biggest thing is we dont want him itching and being grumpy when it gets bad :(

Speaking of itchy, the most common skim ailment that adults and kids alike, myself included seem to be increasing these days, is atopic dermatitis, or Eczema 

Eczema  is term for a group of medical conditions that cause the skin to become inflamed or irritated. The most common type of eczema is known as atopic dermatitis, or atopic eczema. Atopic refers to a group of diseases with an often inherited tendency to develop other allergic conditions, such as asthma and hay fever.Eczema affects about 10% to 20% of infants and about 3% of adults and children in the U.S. Most infants who develop the condition outgrow it by their tenth birthday, while some people continue to experience symptoms on and off throughout life. With proper treatment, the disease can be controlled in the majority of sufferers

SO.... with that said... Yup, Landrick, my lovely Landrick.. you have your momma's skin ( and asthma)... sorry kiddo :/  Now, since hes young, and I am, well... old I guess, they did give him a steroid topical cream similar to mine, just not nearly as strong. ( mines one of the strongest out there!)  We need to use it as needed after bath time as well as keep his skim moisturized, so its going to be stocking up on more Cetaphil products and trying out some of the sample over the counter sunscreens for this summer. Hoping for no more ordering prescription sunscreen!

Well, thats all for our wonderful Thursday shenanigans. :) Was not too bad if I do say so myself! he got to ditch school cause hes still feeling kinda crud like from being sick, but the good news is we got pizza for dinner :)

-Heather