Rashy

This seems irrelevant to even talk about now but I want to document it while it’s still fresh in my mind. Moses has always had sensitive skin; when he was younger there was a constant drool rash (as seen at his first birthday) and it seems to never stopped… just spread. After being outside for 5 minutes he is the color of roses and hot hot hot.
Last month we went on a weekend camping trip were we were outside 90% of the time. I made sure to apply sunscreen but after a few hours playing outside the heat on his cheeks never went away. Later that afternoon Moses was complaining how bad his bottom hurt and actually scratched it so hard it started bleeding. I felt terrible thinking he got sunburned and was stuck in the heat of camping. We took extra good care of his skin the rest of the weekend but Monday morning it was still there.
For the next week and a half his face and bottom only got worse; turning rough and chapped but continuing to look fleshy and sore. We tried Aveeno lotion and soap, rash cream, Neosporin, Benadryl…anything we could think of that would bring relief to our baby. With the rash spreading all over his chest and back and no luck with home remedies we made an appointment with our Doctor who recommended a dermatologist.
The dermatologist was able to examine the rash and prescribed us two thick creams to treat him topically. That afternoon we did our first treatment and within minutes his face was looking better. Needless to say the entire house was happy to see it working. It’s now been one week and I’m happy to say everything has cleared up. The dermatologist also took a skin culture and it came back saying there was some type of bacteria causing this rash.
We thought about it and can only assume the bacteria came from the lake water he swam in while camping. The lake was also filled with tiny leeches and putting leeches + dirty lake water together makes me also certain it was the reason for Moses’ rash.