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Last night Jeremy was in the floor playing with Jakob and he said "you know, he really looks like his skin is getting worse" We were very worried because all these little raised up places that looked like the letter c were popping up on his legs. It was different than anything he'd had yet. On one of Jakob's legs he had a huge red mark with a huge bruise on the inside of it. It's so hard to know what to do when your child is sick. If he hadn't appeared to be getting worse we probably would have been o.k., but he started to get bumps on his back, his bottom and more on his face. I finally just said "call your mom (she works at a pediatricians office) and ask her if they've ever given steroid shots to a baby with this problem" We e-mailed some pics to Jeremy's mom while talking to her on skype and showing her Jakob's leg and she decided to call one of the doctors she works for and ask her about it. Dr. Keefe and Dr. Burton are so awesome. One of them always has the pager and if you call at any time of day or night they will call you back. Jeremy's mom explained what the urgent care doctor said was going on, and then explained that Jakob was getting worse, not better and we were wondering if we should take him to the hospital. Dr. Burton said that the hives were not from the amoxicillin because if they were when we stopped giving him the amoxicillin the hives would have stopped spreading. She said that it was a virus in his system and that his immune system was going haywire. She actually called us a steroid in to the pharmacy and I got to give it to him once last night. I also gave him some tylenol. His fever is gone now, and the redness and swelling in his skin is way down. The poor little guy has bruises everywhere that he had red marks. The hives are not gone yet, but they look a lot better, and I'm sure in a few days he will be back to his old self. I still have to take him to his doctor here on Monday and have him re-checked, but I am so thankful that he is getting better now.