Not "Very Juicy Ones"

Before our appointment with the Immunologist, Kal had yet another double ear infection, with ruptured ear drums. He also had another bout of strange rashes on his face and a little on his arm. It was almost starting to be a routine of him being sick or not feeling well that I was almost used to him screaming a lot. At some times, my mind wouldn't even register that he was crying anymore. Maybe God was just turning down my hearing at that time so I could survive and not go crazy.

Our appointment with the Immunologist turned out to be quite the busy day, but looked like we may get some answers soon.

Originally we just had an appointment with just one Immunologist, but after speaking to her, she was kind of stumped as to what could be going on with Kal. She then discussed Kal's symptoms and history with one of her colleagues, who ended up taking a look at Kal as well. Then, due to his rash symptoms (both past and present), the Immunologist was so kind and concerned about Kal that she borrowed my phone (which had pictures in it of his previous rashes), walked down the hallway, showed the pictures to a dermatologist, and set an appointment for Kal for the next hour. They also ordered a list of about 16 things to be tested for in Kal's blood at the lab. Phewie.

At the dermatologist, they seemed very intrigued about Kal's history of rashes, especially that they all appeared differently. They wanted to have lab blood work ordered for him, and they took some skin samples from about 3 or 4 pustules- eek. We're talking, take a scalpel and scratch at my child in numerous places. I didn't watch them do it, but I could feel them scraping at him while I held his arms and legs down. They even had a hard time getting much of because what they thought was pus in those spots was actually kind of hard inside and the areas weren't, as they put it, "very juicy ones" that they needed for their samples. Blehhhh. There was the main dermatologist in the room doing most of the dirty work, and also about 4 other girls standing in there and asking questions, who were going through their residences. That's the funny thing- when specialists see things they're not used to seeing, they kind of got all excited to examine Kal and figure out what's going on. So, they have their heart in Kal more, because these are the things they are used to seeing and studying in their books, and now they get to see it in real life. At the second appointment with the dermatologist, they even asked permission to take photos of his rash so they could show it at some kind of conference. Haha what do you even say to that? "Uhh, sure? I'm glad my kid's rash is weird enough to help you out for your conference?" Whatever. (;