Lesson #547 Do not bash the Locusts

So I shouldn't have mentioned the locusts.  We finish up at the ENT this am and I look over in the elevator and guess who has head lice crawling on her head????


Doodle!!

Yea!  Apparently the locusts and the lice are BFFs and got us back for making fun of the poor, defenseless locusts.

We got our second note home that there was lice in the school on Friday.  I *may* have been a bit hostile with the school nurse today.  Especially when she suggested that Doodle got the lice somewhere else.  See, we haven't GONE ANYWHERE ELSE but school since last week due to the barfy.  Not even Gymnastics. Or the Library.  Really.  A stationary store on Sunday, but I don't think that is where we got it.  Seriously, I think I may send them with shower caps to wear in school.

A Joke!

Doodle, "Mom, do you want to hear a joke?"

Me, "Sure, honey."

Doodle, "What is an animal you wear?"

Me, "Hmmmm.....I don't know."

Doodle, "A ze-BRA!  Get it?  Zeeee-BRAAA! Like a bra!"

Me, laughing, "That's actually pretty good, Doodle."

Doodle, "I made it up myself."

What's next, locusts?

It started with a cold shortly after New Year's day.  It decided to move into our house, make itself comfortable and invite its bacteria friends, who brought a keg and a stripper.  Well, it seemed that way, because the cold lingered and left a path of destruction in it's wake.

  After she hacked for a while ("Mom, when will I ever stop coughing! It's been 4 weeks!") we took Doodle into the ped (Tuesday) and she had a sinus infection.  On the way to the ped, the check engine light comes on in the van.  I was driving, Hoosier girl was frantically making sure the minivan didn't spontaneously combust.  After spilling milkshakes all over the minivan post-pediatrician, we arrived home and got the car fixed--thankfully just a bad oxygen sensor.  Thursday night Three started cough-barfing so Friday morning we took Three in-- she had an ear infection and pneumonia.  As you can see, she LOVED the breathing treatments.  I got bitten three times--once putting the mask on in the doctor's office and twice at home when I tried to give her the medicine.  She was so mad, she actually bit down on the syringe in her mouth and tried to crack it in two.  Thankfully, the treatments in the ped's office worked so we spared her an ER visit.

Apparently, the cold also decided to invite over it's stomach bug friends, who really know how to party.  This week, on Monday night, Doodle was up all night--she felt hot and barfed twice.  We weren't sure if it was her heartburn at first, but when Dan was up all night  Wednesday barfing-we knew.  I succumbed Thursday night and we're waiting for Moobear and Three to start. Let's hope for a germ free week!  I'd love just one week where everyone is healthy!

In other news, we're off to the ENT on Monday to see if the Doodle is going to need a tonsillectomy.  She has one giant tonsil on her left side.  It's so big it's crossing the midline of her throat and causing some serious snoring.  We've been waiting for her to "grow into it" but that just isn't happening.  It's so big I suggested we name it.   Doodle's not buying it, but I've been calling it Harvey.  Since she gets a bacterial infection almost every time she has a cold, we have to get the consult, which we've been putting off for a while. 

Not much else going on here.  Colds, and pneumonia and barfy, oh my!

 

MLK is OK

Dan:  "Happy MLK Day, Three!"


Three:""I'm ok Daddy!"

Dan:  "No, not OK, M-L-K!"

Three:  "It's ok Daddy." Patting his arm, "It's ok."


Dan:  "Never mind.  Yes, it is ok."

A tidbit

I'm overdue for a post, but thought this might amuse:

Three: "I need chocolate milk."

Me:  "Ok, but how do you ask nicely?"

Three:  "I need chocolate milk NOW!"

Me: "What is the magic word?"

Three:  "Awesome."

Me: "That is a great word, but I was really looking for the word please."

Three: "I need chocolate milk NOW please.  Awesome."

Me:  "Works for me.  Here you go."