Erythema Multiforme Minor

It has been an eventful week. McCall has been on some Amoxicillin for almost a week, when one night a noticed she had some red bumps on her legs. I thought maybe she got them because she had been playing without any clothes on that night. So I gave her a bath and they looked a little better, so we put her to bed. The next morning she woke up and they were everywhere. At first, I thought she had chicken pox and was wigging out a bit. So I called to get her into the doctor. As the day went on and we were waiting for her appointment, the bumps were getting worse and worse. They were starting to be puffy and rash type bumps. By the time I got her into the doctor it was really bad and some of them looked like they were bruising. Come to find out, McCall is allergic to Amoxicillin and probably all penicillin type medications. She was having an allergic reaction called Erythema Multiforme Minor. The doctor was pretty concerned with how bad the reaction was and told me to get her started on some benadryl asap. We were told to keep our eye on her for the next 24 hours and he wanted to see us back there if anything got worse. She was even to the point where she was getting a reaction around her mouth. The doctor said the rash and bumps could last anywhere from a few days to a couple weeks. Luckily they only lasted about 5 days, but the poor girl looked like she had been beaten because when the bumps would heal they would turn into a bruise and then go away, so she had a couple days where she was covered in bruises. We are just grateful she is alright and that she didn't have an allergic reaction like I usually do and have her throat swell shut. We are just going to have to be careful that she doesn't get any medications with amoxicillin or penicillin in them from now on.