That was a long weekend

So, as I said before, I have two kids. They're both boys and only a little over 2 years apart in age. My youngest will turn 9 December 5th and his older brother 12 on January 31st. With that said, here was the "adventure" of the weekend:

My boys got invited over to a mutual friend's house this weekend. They left Friday night and stayed through until Sunday. Sunday around noon I got a phone call telling me that my oldest son had a rash on his face, he was swollen and looked "pretty bad". When I explained I didn't have a vehicle available (as my husband was at work 20 minutes away and he couldn't leave until his shift was over) the mother that had called told me she was sure he would be fine and that she'd given him some allergy medicine.

So as soon as my husband was home we went to get the boys and assess the situation with the oldest child. We gathered the youngest and I went straight to the bedroom where I knew the oldest would be playing video games. I knocked on the door and when someone responded I opened the door. I took one look at my child and said, as calmly as I could muster, "Get in the car, we need to get you to the hospital."

The rash that was "sure to be fine" is poison ivy to the extent that my child's left eye is completely swollen shut, the entire left side of his face is swollen similar to how people often look when they are allergic to bee stings. The poison ivy starts just into the front edge of his hair line, covers his entire face from ear to ear and down to the collar line of his neck. He has also informed me he has it on his "no-no" spot.

Please someone explain to me how that was considered to be nothing more than "pretty bad" and "sure to be fine"? Had the tables been turned I would have been telling the woman, get dressed, I'm on my way to get you and we can get this kid to a doctor immediately. I would not have let the fact that she was without a vehicle hinder the situation. I certainly wouldn't have said "I'm sure he'll be fine. Just let us know when you're on your way."

I felt the situation was handled very poorly by the parents of my children's friend. I do not understand how she was able to look at him and even think for one moment there wasn't a need for a doctor to be seen immediately.

Okay, I'm going to start going in circles about how upset I was at this point, so I'll stop here. If I get the picture loaded to the computer I will add it to a future post and refer back to this post at that time so you have the opportunity to judge for yourself how the situation should have been handled.

Until then I bid you all:

Peace, Love and Coffee
♥Mandy♥