Allergy attack

To be honest, Jaden looked a little 'unsightly' for the past two weeks or so. He had these red patches on his cheeks and a slightly swollen upper lip. We don' know how it all started but we noticed that he started rubbing his shirt sleeve against his cheeks very, very often. It is almost like every few seconds. And as expected, the more you rub, the redder your skin becomes.

The doctor suspected to be an allergy but couldn't determine what allergen it was. So we diligently applied the steroid cream on his cheeks but it didn't get better. Cos' every time the cheeks get better, Jaden will start rubbing it again and the cycle continues.

So we brought him to another doctor and this time round, he gave us some anti-allergy medicine plus a stronger steroid cream. Well, the school called me two days later and said that Jaden's mouth and cheeks are very red and he seemed very uncomfortable. So we decided to bring him to KKH A&E instead (although I have to admit that it wasn't exactly an emergency.)

We were given some steroid cream (again) and medicine. Finally, the red patches cleared up and Jaden got his rosy cheeks back. Phew! We are keeping a close watch on the food that he eats and hopefully, we can identify the allergen without doing the allergy skin prick testing.