Itchy & Scratchy

On Friday, Lane began to complain of itching. To my dismay, I discovered that he had a red, raised, whelp-like rash in the areas he complained of itching (his face, tummy, back & arms). I immediately hunted down the Benadryl and started trying to discern what he was reacting to. He felt much better after the Benadryl had taken effect. The rash was almost invisible and the itching had subsided. Initially, I thought the allergy had to be to some pink lemonade that I had never given him before, but after withholding this and watching the rash and itching return every 4hours like clockwork, I felt safe ruling this out. Apparently, he is allergic to a new detergent that I started using (and loved, but oh, well!) last week. Today I have rewashed all his clean clothes to make sure that the itchy-scratchy detergent is evacuated. He has been wearing clothes that I'm sure had none of the culprit in them and still taking the Benadryl and I have my fingers crossed that he's on the mend. Poor thing! These are a couple pics that I took today of the menacing rash. This is about midway in the severity that it has ranged. This looks rough, but it has been worse than this --- if you can imagine! We'll probably have to head to the doctor tomorrow if things don't resolve.