Archive for January, 2010
Well, Julia is now finished with Cipro…that awful oral antibiotic that reeked havoc on her intestines. She is now infected with c. diff., something that is not new to her. Julia has gone months and months without having c. diff. and I was hoping that we would be done with it forever, but it’s looking like every time she goes on an oral antibiotic, we may have this to look forward to afterward. This complicates things because she’ll be on all kinds of antibiotics her entire life. Her stomach just seems to be very fragile and its balance is easily off set. Julia is now on a new antibiotic to fight the stomach infection. Strange…antibiotics can cause c. diff. and then used to fight it. Sometimes I just don’t get it. She’ll be on this new antibiotic for ten days and then she’ll be retested. C. diff. can be hard to get rid of and in the past it has taken several rounds to beat it down.
On another note, Julia has been going to her Gymboree classes for several months now and she just loves it. It’s nice for her to get to do something just for her. We go to class when Austin and Olivia are in school and afterward we go to Einstein’s Bagels for a snack. Julia looks forward to this once a week and we always have to get a bagel when we’re done.
So yesterday I really messed up big time. It was supposed to be an exciting morning for my son because he lost his first front tooth. Now the front tooth is huge, because once it’s lost, there is such a dramatic change in appearance, and besides that, you can put your tongue through the hole, blow air through it, etc. Austin has spent the past couple of days admiring his new look in the mirror, and he thinks that he looks so cool. Well, yesterday morning he was supposed to wake up and find some cash under his pillow, but that’s not what he found. Instead, he found his tooth…still there, just like it had been the night before. He comes into the living room, holding his plastic baggie, tooth still sealed inside and he sits on the couch and doesn’t say a word. When I finally discovered him there, and saw the baggie, that’s when I won my fine award…yup…the Worst Parent of the Day award had my name written all over it.
OK, so I have an excuse, right? Well, no excuse can really make up for crushing a seven-year-old, but what can I say, I have a lot on my mind right now. Austin and Olivia have both been sick. The night the tooth fairy was supposed to come, I was rushing to get Julia’s long treatment done so I could take Olivia into Kid’s Care because she was complaining that her ear hurt. So, I rushed and got treatment done, rushed off to get Olivia’s ear checked…ear infection positive, and then rushed to the pharmacy to get the Amox prescription filled. When I got home, I snacked the kids, then put them to bed, sterilized nebs and spacers, then went to bed exhausted. Did I think about my tooth fairy responsibilities during all of this? No! OK, so that’s my excuse. My husband has been working day and night on a new project, so he, of course didn’t remember either.
Our dilemma last night…how do we make up for it? So, last night, Joey went out in search of the New Super Mario Bros Wii game. We knew that Austin would just crap his pants if he found that under his pillow instead of a $5 bill. Who knew that it’s the most popular game out there and everyone is sold out of it? Joey spent over an hour last night driving all over town in search of this game. He finally got it and the look on Austin’s face this morning made it all worth it. So, hopefully the tooth fairy redeemed his/her self last night. My husband is awesome to participate in my craziness.
Our miracle is that Julia has yet to catch anything from the older kids…knock on wood! I will be calling PCMC today to talk about getting a stool sample for Julia as I think she may have c. diff. as her diarrhea has not left and we’re done with Cipro.
