There is no way I could possibly catch up on everything I’ve missed the last few months. I am determined to get back on track now that summer vacation here is here. Here are a few highlights from the last few weeks.
Karlee had her adenoids removed and another set of tubes put in her ears on May 6. We went to a new ENT for a 2nd opinion about her adenoids, and he agreed they needed to come out. The procedure went well, but Karlee screamed awful when they took her away from us. I think the last procedure she had was too close in her memory and she knew it wasn”t going to be fun. She was a real trooper though. She did get a sinus infection about 2 weeks after, but overall we have seen a great improvement in her health.
We did have a scare this past Saturday (June 6). She stepped in a fire ant hill. She came over to me and said “hurt Mommy”. I saw she had ants on her, so I took off her shoes and we dipped her feet in our little pool. I of course totally freaked out, but she was doing ok. I couldn’t fine any calamine lotion or anything, so I gave her Benadryl (this was the best choice we made). As I was looking at her, her face was very red (but we’d been to the HIghland games and I thought maybe I hadnt put sunscreen on her very well). Then I looked at her back and she had what I thought were bites on her back. So I ran to Rite Aid to get calamine lotion and Scott gave her a bath. When I got home, she was calmer but still covered in bites and red. She fell asleep just a few minutes later and we put her in her crib. Just 10 minutes later, we heard coughing and crying so I went to check on her. She was vomiting, trembling, red all over her thighs, had a rash on her back, and her feet were so swollen they didnt even look like little baby feet. We got on the phone with the pediatrician. The end decision was to give her an epi-pen shot and head to the ER, but by that point she had calmed down and was much happier and better. We had to watch her all night to make sure she didn’t get worse again. Looking back, we clearly should have given her the epi-pen and headed to the ER when she started vomiting, but hind sight is always 20-20. At least the Benadryl kicked in and she was ok. We have a prescription cream for the bites and we go on July 17 for fire ant testing with the allergist. I am afraid to go outside anywhere. I know I will have to, and I will, but its scary! Oh, and we moved Karlee to toddler bed on Tuesday night. So far she loves it!
Kaitlyn highlights. She has been enjoying Princess Dance Camp this week with Ms. Lindsay. We get to watch her performance tomorrow and I’ll post pics then. The night of thefire ant incident Kaitlyn said the sweetest prayer. “Dear God, please help Karlee not to be allergic to ant bites. I dont want the ants to make her sick anymore. I dont want Karlee to be sick anymore so please make her better, Amen.”. I got teary when she said it. I know I’ve said it before, but my child is a genius! The other day she was playing in the sandbox. She started calling for me to tell me about a bug. I said Kaitlyn, what kind of bug is it. She replied, “I dont know mommy. Its unfamiliar to me.” What 4 year old uses a word like that in regular conversation! We still love their day care. Kaitlyn is learning so much. Her teacher taught her how to do sign language for the vowels and how to do the sign language for “Jesus Loves Me”. Its so sweet to watch her.
I have the girls with me all summer! Kaitlyn has VBS next week. This is the first year in a while that I am not working at it. She actually is going to VBS at a different church this year while we are trying to figure out out whole church situation.
Oh, I forgot swimming lessons! Kaitlyn just finished her swimming lessons. I’ll post pics later. Karlee was supposed to start Tuesday, but it got cancelled b/c of thunder. She is supposed to go tonight, but there’s a chance of t-storms again, so I am afraid to her all excited again!
