It's been a rough week so far. Yesterday I had the brilliant idea to have Brittany soak her feet in epsom salts because of her head hurting so much when she woke up. We've never done this before and I have heard from several people that they really help when they have a headache or are dealing with other corn allergy symptoms. I didn't think to look at the Safe List for safe brands of epsom salts (duh) and just used what I had in my hall closet. BIG mistake. . .I'm really mad at myself for not checking and buying a known corn-safe brand, because now I have no idea whether she reacted to epsom salts in general or if it was just that I had a crappy brand that I bought at stupid Walmart. Within 5 minutes she said that her feet were stinging, then that they felt cold. About three minutes after that she started scratching her arms like crazy and said that both of them and both of her hands were itching. At that point, we got her feet OUT, OUT, OUT and I gave her some Benadryl that I got compounded corn-free at Rock Canyon Pharmacy last week. Then she slept all day and didn't wake up until about 6:00 p.m.
WAY TO GO, MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today she is down with the worst headache she has had in a long time; not sure if this still has something to do with the epsom salt episode or if it's still relating to detoxing. I'm making an appointment with our DO for tomorrow to see if he can order some compounded aceteminophen and do some OMT to relieve some of the pain. I ordered some Goody's Headache Powder from Amazon last Friday and got the notice yesterday that it was shipped. I really hope that by some heaven-sent fluke it gets here before the estimated arrival date.
Heidi, if you plan to order from Amazon on a regular basis, you might consider their Prime shipping program. It costs, I think, $79 / year, but it's guaranteed 2-day shipping. I signed up for it before I knew I'd be ordering corn-free foods from them -- now I'm glad to have it! The foods I ordered last Friday will arrive today (some already have, actually -- it was a split shipment).
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry about your daughter's headache -- those are so very debilitating :(. I hope the Goody's gets there soon, and that the D.O. can offer some relief.