Puke, boogers & infections

Ahhhhh the joys of parenthood. You aren't a parent unless you've had ALL your child's bodily fluids & solids placed upon your body in some way, shape or form. And the great part is telling the stories about it. Really, that is the only great part. But depending on the scenario, they can be funny too.

K2 excavated a booger this evening. He proudly showed it to me on his index finger. Nice job bud! OK, it's almost PJ time, your woobie is dirty, put it on there while we finish this scene in the movie & we'll get a clean one in 2 minutes when jammies go on. OK in theory, right? Next - remember the old 'Here's the church, here's the steeple, open the doors & see all the people' game? Next time I look down at K2, who is sitting on my lap on the floor, he's got the steeple all set up.
"Hey Mom, did you know that when you get the steeple up, a booger can hold the top together?"
"What? Show me what you've got there."
Index fingers slowly part & the booger is indeed there - & it held the steeple up.
Nice.
And funny.

Puke. K1 started in on Saturday evening. We thought she was done because we had nothing on Sunday...until 4. Gotta stay home from school Monday with that one. But at least it all made it into the infamous 'bucket' this go-round. YEA!

Prior to the puke-fest, K1 was playing with those plastic dress up shoes. We've had them for years without incident. Until now. I have no idea how long she was wearing them. But on her left big toe a blister formed & popped. Sunday night we had red streaking up her foot - infection. So off to the Dr. this morning. I had a quite brilliant idea - since we'd yet to have any 'real' food down. I thought she could get her 1st dose of antibiotics as an injection at the Dr. office. I even prepped the kid. Of course, what child wants a shot. So then I told her:
"You wanna keep your toe or do you want it cut off?"
"Well YEA I want my toe!"
"It's your toe, or a shot. Your choice." Because that IS the bottom line here.
"Well I guess a shot isn't so bad."
Ya think????
Well, this isn't how it works. Nope. No go. We would have to go in daily for injections. Not going to happen. We were able to wait until this evening after getting real food to stay down to take her antibiotics - and all stayed down... so far. I'll keep you posted there because I know that you really wanna hear more puke stories. Color & consistency can be discussed by email or phone - your choice. hehehe.

I must say, K1 did a most excellent job at the Dr. office. Her poor toe looked rather bad and she put up with poking, prodding, squeezing (all to get 4 cultures), and didn't say or do anything to the Dr. And yes, I did say 4, FOUR cultures. OK, I realize you wanna avoid false-positives, but 4???? And people wonder why health care costs are so high. Jeez.

So all this health stuff was on top of a little renovation weekend here. H texturized the stairwell to the basement, primed & painted it. I painted a few walls in our TV room in the basement as well. Now our basement STINKS. The stairwell stinks bad enough that we haven't been down there much to enjoy the fruits of our labor. Note to self, only do this stuff when windows can be opened and we can ventilate without letting in below zero air. So the stairwell does need another coat of paint. I say, wait until the deep freeze is done. We'll see. The good part is, well I guess it could be part of the problem too, we have in-floor heat so that the stink doesn't get really circulated through the house. Live & learn.