"Little Buddy"

This is Katie's new name for her brother. She walks around here all day calling him that. When he is upset she will rub his back and say "it's OK little buddy" or when she is cheering for him like at swimming today; as he swam to the side of the pool she was right there to pat his head and say "good job little buddy!". It just melts my heart.

The last couple of days have been busy, both with back to school open houses, other activities and a full blown allergic reaction. Marc called me yesterday from the playground where he had been all of one minute to tell me that Katie's face was covered in huge red welts. After asking if she was breathing OK, I then of course directed him to run her over to the pediatrician (what else would a mama say?) If Marc was worried enough to call me then I knew it looked really bad. He is so not an alarmist. He ran her over and they immediately took her in and said it was definitely an allergic reaction to a plant or bug, prescribed a couple of doses of Benadryl and the direction that if it had not improved by the morning then we should bring her back in. It seemed to calm down last night but by the morning it was worse than yesterday and was even swelling one eye shut. OK, back to the doctor we go and her partner says that it seems to be an insect bite (I think it was a spider as I see 3 punctures on her leg) and that the allergic response can happen days later so there is no telling when it happened. the Doc says that it will come and go in waves for 4-6 days and that we are to continue with the Benadryl and Hydro cortisone cream for the swelling and itch. He does not want her to scratch and infect the welts. Of course, all of it happens on open house day for both children and swimming lessons. It was a break neck pace all morning until I got them home at 2:00 and they literally collapsed into their beds (especially Katie who was under the influence of Benadryl)

Oh and BTW, Marc volunteered to be the room father at open house. You gotta love that!