Here is a picture Hayley sent us from the zoo trip. David tried to drink the ranch dipping sauce.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Thank You, Aunt Hayley
We owe a lot of special thanks to Aunt Hayley, who took care of David most of the past weekend while Matt and I were sick in bed. Both Matt and I had been feeling a bit under the weather at the end of last week, but we figured it was just allergy related. On Saturday morning, we both woke up with high fevers, sore throats, and lots of congestion. David, on the other hand, woke up Saturday morning feeling great and ready to play. After being inside all week with his hand, foot and mouth disease, he had a ridiculous amount of energy. Thankfully for us, Hayley came over and took him to Little Gym and to the park so Matt and I could go the doctor. On Sunday, she took him to the zoo and shopping so we could continue to lay in bed and feel miserable. It was such a big help! I am not sure what we would have done without her.
Here is a picture Hayley sent us from the zoo trip. David tried to drink the ranch dipping sauce.
Here is a picture Hayley sent us from the zoo trip. David tried to drink the ranch dipping sauce.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Hand Foot and Mouth
I started this post yesterday morning and intended to title it "I forgive you, Texas" so that I could blog about all the fun things we have been doing since the end of 100+ days (see below). Since that time, however, David has broken out in what looks to be something out of one of those made for TV movies about airborne disease wiping out the US in a matter of days. The pictures are below and they are not pretty.
Yesterday we headed out around 11 am to try a new Vietnamese place for lunch. When getting David out of the car, I noticed a few bumps on his knee. On Saturday, we went down to Mexia for me to attend a baby shower and for all of us to visit my family. I figured that David got stung by ants or got into to some sort of grass that irritated his skin (which is super sensitive). I pointed it out to Matt and we waited for our table at Bistro B's, which was very yummy Vietnamese food, at least the part we ate before noticing that the bumps were spreading (and fast). By the middle of our lunch, the same bumps I originally saw on his knee now covered all of his legs, all of his arms and were starting on his face. I was not aware that there are viruses that cause such fast spreading and disgusting rashes, so we did the only logical thing we could think of - we took him to the ER. We probably should have called the pediatrician and waited for them to call back, but our child looked like he had leprosy and I thought, obviously, it was a flesh eating bacteria that was going to target brain cells within minutes (that is what happens on those movies, right?). Anyway, after an hour wait in the ER, a very nice middle-aged doctor with a young intern caring a laptop and taking notes, told us he had no idea what kind of rash it was, but that he would be fine with some benadryl and steroids. He told us to give him a second dose last night and another this morning and to follow-up with his doctor if it didn't get better. By this morning, it was not better. It was much worse, so we got an appointment with our pediatrician for 2pm today.
About 5 minutes before we left to head to the pediatrician's office, I got an e-mail from David's school saying they had multiple confirmed cases of hand foot and mouth in the toddler classes. Maybe I should have read that "What to Expect During the Second Year" book because I had no clue there was such a virus. I googled it and the spots looked like what David had with one major exception - David was covered with them on every place on his body except his hands and feet and mouth (and, at the time, his back and belly- it is now there as well). The doctor did confirm, after consultation with a few other doctors in the practice, that it was a case of hand, foot and mouth. Turns out that this is really common in young children when they go into pre-school, especially since it is highly contagious in young children. Since it is a virus similar to the common cold, there is nothing to treat it with other than staying home and resting. He has to stay home for a few days until the blisters heal. I am really hoping our school experience gets better because so far, it has been a disaster.
Before having our own version of Outbreak, we spent the prior week and weekend enjoying the great weather. After having the hottest summer ever, it was so nice to be able to go outside.
David trying to kiss the bird...
Fun times at the Arboretum with our friend Lila:
Picture from Keri's baby shower on Saturday. It was so much fun to see high school friends. Here is a picture of the group of us that went to school together.
Yesterday we headed out around 11 am to try a new Vietnamese place for lunch. When getting David out of the car, I noticed a few bumps on his knee. On Saturday, we went down to Mexia for me to attend a baby shower and for all of us to visit my family. I figured that David got stung by ants or got into to some sort of grass that irritated his skin (which is super sensitive). I pointed it out to Matt and we waited for our table at Bistro B's, which was very yummy Vietnamese food, at least the part we ate before noticing that the bumps were spreading (and fast). By the middle of our lunch, the same bumps I originally saw on his knee now covered all of his legs, all of his arms and were starting on his face. I was not aware that there are viruses that cause such fast spreading and disgusting rashes, so we did the only logical thing we could think of - we took him to the ER. We probably should have called the pediatrician and waited for them to call back, but our child looked like he had leprosy and I thought, obviously, it was a flesh eating bacteria that was going to target brain cells within minutes (that is what happens on those movies, right?). Anyway, after an hour wait in the ER, a very nice middle-aged doctor with a young intern caring a laptop and taking notes, told us he had no idea what kind of rash it was, but that he would be fine with some benadryl and steroids. He told us to give him a second dose last night and another this morning and to follow-up with his doctor if it didn't get better. By this morning, it was not better. It was much worse, so we got an appointment with our pediatrician for 2pm today.
About 5 minutes before we left to head to the pediatrician's office, I got an e-mail from David's school saying they had multiple confirmed cases of hand foot and mouth in the toddler classes. Maybe I should have read that "What to Expect During the Second Year" book because I had no clue there was such a virus. I googled it and the spots looked like what David had with one major exception - David was covered with them on every place on his body except his hands and feet and mouth (and, at the time, his back and belly- it is now there as well). The doctor did confirm, after consultation with a few other doctors in the practice, that it was a case of hand, foot and mouth. Turns out that this is really common in young children when they go into pre-school, especially since it is highly contagious in young children. Since it is a virus similar to the common cold, there is nothing to treat it with other than staying home and resting. He has to stay home for a few days until the blisters heal. I am really hoping our school experience gets better because so far, it has been a disaster.
Before having our own version of Outbreak, we spent the prior week and weekend enjoying the great weather. After having the hottest summer ever, it was so nice to be able to go outside.
David trying to kiss the bird...
Fun times at the Arboretum with our friend Lila:
Picture from Keri's baby shower on Saturday. It was so much fun to see high school friends. Here is a picture of the group of us that went to school together.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Save the Date - October 15th
David will be two on October 13, 2011! We are planning to have a birthday party to celebrate on Saturday, October 15th. As we did last year, we will probably have a family trip to the State Fair planned for that evening for anyone that wants to go. More details on that to come. For now, mark October 15th on your calendars and plan to be in Dallas for the celebration. Assuming Brandin, Shawna and the kids can make it, we will also co-celebrate Colton's birthday (which is Oct 14th- the day after David's).
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Box Tops for Education
David's new school participates in the Box Tops for Education program. If you are anything like me, you have probably seen the logo (see below) on boxes and promptly paid no attention to the details. Turns out that each one is worth 10¢ to participating schools. Since every dollar raised for David's school helps keep my tuition payments low (at least I can hope), I thought we would get the fam involved. So, if you notice the Box Tops for Education logo (they are on literally hundreds of products from Cheerios and Hamburger Helper to and Kleenex) cut them out and keep for or sent to us. If you need it, the address is 10410 Koko Head Cir., Dallas, Texas 75218.
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