gopherit
08-05-2006, 04:42 AM
Ok, so we are due to leave for all things Floridian VERY soon... I JUST got Dd past her ear infection, and DS11 past his throat / ear infection. DH went to dr. about his back (he still hobbles a bit - not good) but they found nothing on the xray, so I am certain that (a) he thinks that means nothing is wrong and (b) you can expect him to be riding the RnR 53 times per day, depsite any and all warnings.
So today - a NICE, day, a BEAUTIFUL day - DH and I leave work at noon to take DS (middle kiddoo) his older bro and younger sis, and three of his best buds to a local water park as his belated b'day party. Except one kid said he could only come to the water park, a bit late, and not spend the night, because his family also had other plans. Fair enough. So we do the water park, then we leave there, get pizza - all was good - went to take the one kid home who couldn't spend the night... and the kids all got out of the van to check out something he wanted to "show them really quick" in his backyard. Some sort of fort that he built. Well - next thing we know, kids are screaming - one kid runs up front to me, clutching his foot and knee, and says, "We just stumbled into a yellow jacket nest... I think Caroline is getting the worst of it." Caroline, our 6 yr old dd, was INDEED getting the worst of it. I scrambled out back and scooped her up as she was screaming and flailing, and then set her down in the front yard to assess her - well, there were still yellow jackets on her! I yanked off her shirt and shorts (she still had her bathing suit on underneath) and took her in the house - (they later found 2 more jackets still inside her shirt!) I counted no less than 11 bites. SOme were multiple bites, too - so no telling the actual count. Just incredible. Of the other kids, only 2 of them got stung - one kid twice, the other just once - out of 6 kids in the immedaite vicinity. We gave Caroline Benadryl and Motrin, gave her a popsicle (they got her upper lip REALLY badly!), gave her a tepid bath, dressed her and then put ice on the worst places... ugh, just simply horrific. THankfully, she didn't have any other repercussions (i.e. allergic reaction), but she is one uncomfy camper tonight. He finger on one hand is swollen fat, she has a very painful calf with about 4 large chomps on it, a lip that rivals the worst silicone injection job ever, and a very bumpy bicep. Poor little lambone. She's been asleep for a bit now, while the boys are all chuggin along downstairs (and will be well past the midnight hour.)
So I guess, if we can get all our medical woes out on the table BEFORE we leave, can we hope that nothing like that will happen while we are at Disney? :veryconfu
So today - a NICE, day, a BEAUTIFUL day - DH and I leave work at noon to take DS (middle kiddoo) his older bro and younger sis, and three of his best buds to a local water park as his belated b'day party. Except one kid said he could only come to the water park, a bit late, and not spend the night, because his family also had other plans. Fair enough. So we do the water park, then we leave there, get pizza - all was good - went to take the one kid home who couldn't spend the night... and the kids all got out of the van to check out something he wanted to "show them really quick" in his backyard. Some sort of fort that he built. Well - next thing we know, kids are screaming - one kid runs up front to me, clutching his foot and knee, and says, "We just stumbled into a yellow jacket nest... I think Caroline is getting the worst of it." Caroline, our 6 yr old dd, was INDEED getting the worst of it. I scrambled out back and scooped her up as she was screaming and flailing, and then set her down in the front yard to assess her - well, there were still yellow jackets on her! I yanked off her shirt and shorts (she still had her bathing suit on underneath) and took her in the house - (they later found 2 more jackets still inside her shirt!) I counted no less than 11 bites. SOme were multiple bites, too - so no telling the actual count. Just incredible. Of the other kids, only 2 of them got stung - one kid twice, the other just once - out of 6 kids in the immedaite vicinity. We gave Caroline Benadryl and Motrin, gave her a popsicle (they got her upper lip REALLY badly!), gave her a tepid bath, dressed her and then put ice on the worst places... ugh, just simply horrific. THankfully, she didn't have any other repercussions (i.e. allergic reaction), but she is one uncomfy camper tonight. He finger on one hand is swollen fat, she has a very painful calf with about 4 large chomps on it, a lip that rivals the worst silicone injection job ever, and a very bumpy bicep. Poor little lambone. She's been asleep for a bit now, while the boys are all chuggin along downstairs (and will be well past the midnight hour.)
So I guess, if we can get all our medical woes out on the table BEFORE we leave, can we hope that nothing like that will happen while we are at Disney? :veryconfu