Medicine - bad or good

This week has been a bit rough as far as health goes. It started with Ashley getting sick Sunday morning with fever/stomach ache/head ache (sure sign of strep for Ashley). Of course Monday was a holiday so no doctors were available, and even though Ashley acted like she had strep and had been exposed to it, the doctor wouldn't just give me medicine. Luckily our friend is a pediatrician, and he was willing to do a strep test and give her medicine. She was able to go to school on Tuesday - yeah! Well, Monday night Emily started running a fever also, so of course Tuesday brought with it a trip to the doctor. They did a strep culture, and she too had strep. I knew it was only a matter of time before Parker got sick, but I never realized how short of time it would be. As we were walking out of the doctor's office Parker started crying about hurting. By the time we got home he was running a temp of 101. Luckily, the doctor didn't make me bring him in for a culture too. They said once two kids in a family have strep, they will treat the others if they get sick. Amoxicillin is a wonderful thing, at least for Ashley and Emily. They got better right a way and were able to go to school. (much to Emily's chagrin) Parker, however, got worse - crying constantly that his mouth hurt. He also started getting red dots and blisters in his mouth. At first I thought, "we can't have hand-foot-mouth disease too", but then I realized that it might be the medicine. As I re-read the bottle of the medicine given to Parker, I realized that the doctor called in the amoxicillin even though he is allergic to it. Poor kid. We have stopped the Amox, and have given him an antihistimine. He'll hopefully get a new antibiotic tomorrow. I had wondered if he really was allergic to amoxicillin, but apparently he is. Good to know.