Follow up

Ellie has been on antibiotics for almost a week and her nose/lip area hasn't got any better. In some ways, it looks worse. I took her back to the doctor today and found out she was most likely misdiagnosed. It could have been a very resistant strain of impetigo, but she said that today it actually looks like herpes so they think thats what she's had all along. Someone with a cold sore, canker sore etc, was giving her too much love and passed on the virus. The bad news is any future outbreaks will be in the same area. The good news is they wont be as severe. We are going to stop her current medication and start her on 2 more medicines. I'm sure she'll hate that! I also found out that the virus and the antibiotics can exacerbate her reflux so we need to keep doubling her reflux medication until the herpes clears up and see if she has any improvement. This poor girl is turning into a walking pharmacy!