The Monday before our planned departure Addison started walking kinda funny. You know, that all too familiar pee-pee dance. I took her to the potty and she was still walking funny. A few hours later she started complaining that her leg was hurting and shortly after that she couldn't even walk. That's when I noticed a spot on the back of Addison's leg. It kind of looked like a bite or zit. Panicked I called the after hours doctor and he reassured me that everything should be fine till the next day. Tuesday rolled around and Addison was still barely walking and was in some pretty severe pain. I called the doc and got an appointment right away. I took her in and all but confirmed my dreaded thoughts.......it was an staph infection! This would be # 3 for her.
The doc drained, doctored, and bandaged the spot and gave us some meds. Then, the other dreaded news came.....The doctor said if the infection got any worse he wanted to put her in the hospital and give her iv antibiotics. My poor Baby Love was sick! Of course, I dropped everything (but Lillian), and rocked Addison for the rest of the day. Later that night as I was bathing her I noticed two other spots. The bad news just kept rolling in. I was scared to even go to sleep. What if her temp spiked and I was asleep??? Little on packing for the trip. I just knew if I packed I would be jinxing my sweet baby. Fortunately, Wednesday she woke up with no fever and her infection was not any worse. The trip was ON!!!
Everything went pretty smooth from there. We got the kids dropped off at the Grandparents on Wednesday and we caught the plane to San Diego early Thursday morning. I was SO THANKFUL for both Addison doing ok and for us being able to go on our trip. Addison and Lillian had a great time at Na Na Camp 2010 and Mike and I had a even better time on our much needed get-away.
Mike and I flew back into Lubbock Monday afternoon to pick up the girls and the next day we drove back to Dallas. The drive was pretty uneventful, the kind of drive we like with the girls. We got home, got everything unloaded and crashed on the couch. The girls played awhile and then Mike grabbed Lillian to feed her her bottle. That's when we noticed a HUGE rash all over her head, face, back and tummy. I rushed her to the bath and doctored her up. She and Addison have suffered from eczema all their lives so I am used to the break outs but, I do have to say, Na Na had her eczema looking better than I had seen it in months. It just had never been this bad for Lillian. After her bath she seemed to be doing a little better and by this morning it is almost gone. I'm not sure if it was a little eczema flare or maybe a heat rash. Either way, both girls are doing much better now. I do have to admit that it did cross my mind last night that Addison didn't want Mike and I to go on our trip and Lillian sure wasn't ready to leave Na Na's.
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