At the beginning of April, about a week before London came home from the hospital, our ward play group took a trip to Zoo Atlanta. We decided to make it a family
outing and spend some one-on-one time with
Brayden before his whole world was changed when London came home.
Brayden and dad at the Panda exhibit.
Mr. Panda Bear eating his lunch.
Brayden's favorite part of the whole trip was the petting zoo where he got to get up close and personal with goats and sheep. He liked being able to touch the animals and chase them around. However, the petting zoo was where
Brayden's allergies started really going down hill. We started off with
Brayden's nose and eyes running like a faucet and so we gave him some children's
clariton right after we got inside the zoo gates. After the zoo,
Brayden's face was swollen, blotchy, and he was miserable. By that afternoon, not only was
Brayden's face swollen but his eyes were almost swollen shut. He looked so bad that I called the pediatrician to see if I needed to take him to the ER but
because he was not wheezing we didn't have to go. We also discovered that
Brayden is allergic to something in sunscreen. We have tried numerous brands all on different occasions and he still gets a rash and swelling from it. In the end, all of this led to an
epi-pen prescription from the doctor and a trip to the allergist for allergy testing. Yep, the poor kid has allergies.
All in all, we decided that
Brayden might need to be a little older to fully enjoy the Zoo more.
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