Later that night, after the storms passed, we had the most beautiful rainbow! Caden was in amazement. I am not sure if he has actually seen a rainbow before.
Tuesday I took Caden to our dermatologist for a treatment for some bumps that Caden has on the back of his thighs. Caden has had 3 or 4 treatments in the past and has done wonderfully. Tuesday was a different story. He broke out in blisters, some as small as bean-size, some as large as dimes and pennies. He had 50-75 blisters from the back of his knees, up to his bottom and between his upper thighs. He had a few on the front of his thighs and a couple on his feet. Basically every bump that was treated broke out in a blister. I had to wash the medicine off after 6 hours from the application time and Caden could not tolerate the bath, so in a panic I called Mike and we rushed Caden to the ER. They got us in pretty quickly (as quickly as ER's go) and placed Caden in a decontamination room. They carefully irrigated all of his blisters, attempting to wash away the medicine (which is an agent of the blister beetle, hence the blisters). Caden tolerated the procedure very well... better than I did just watching it. We had a couple of doctors assess Caden and they determined that he had just had a severe reaction to the treatment. Why this treatment was different from the ones before, I don't know. We left with a prescription for an antibiotic and a container of silvadene (topical cream used for burns). Cade's legs were wrapped "mummy" style, which he thought was funny. Since then, we have had a couple of follow up appointments with our dermatologist. To say the least I was not very pleasant with our doctor after hearing him dismiss this as just a "normal" reaction and not to worry. Worry is my middle name. You don't tell a mom not to worry, especially when your child is covered in blisters! I made sure to get that point across to him. I think he got my point!
Caden is doing well today. The majority of his blisters have popped. He has a lot of exposed, red, raw skin, though. But, he has been a trooper through all of this. He hasn't really complained, so that's a blessing. Hopefully he will heal with minimal scarring. Say a little prayer for him. He has been through so much.
Wednesday we had a gentleman come by our house asking if he could pick up our yard to earn some extra money. By the look of this man, you could tell that he had very little. He was wearing old, tattered clothes, missing the majority of his teeth. He must have had a very hard life. Our house was once again toilet-papered last week end (our 3rd time in less than a month!) and a number of small pieces of toilet paper had fallen from the tree and were scattered around the yard. Thankfully Mike was home and was able to talk to the man. All he asked for was $3 to pick up the yard. Mike agreed and let him clean up the yard. We gave him more than the mere $3 he was asking for. Of course during the whole time my mind was going from the warm-hearted feeling of actually doing good to the complete opposite end of the spectrum... to what if this man intends to harm us. Why does that happen, why is it when we have to drive through the "bad" areas of town, I immediately lock the car doors? Why do I do the same when ever we pass by a homeless person on the corner of an intersection? All this man needed was a few dollars to help him with what ever it was that he was in need of. I ended up wrapping up our left-over fajitas from supper that night for him, which he stuffed into his pockets. Who knows when his last meal was. He was very grateful for the money and food. In some ways I am glad that we agreed. I think the whole experience was an eye-opening lesson for Cody. Of course he was excited that someone other than him was picking up the yard! I hope he gained a greater lesson than just that. I know it made me think. Time to change the subject!
Cody is doing well. He gets out of school today at 12:15. I still cannot believe that the school year is over! Where has time gone? He is very excited about summer, especially because he just figured out that school does not resume until the end of August! The kids actually get a nice, long summer break this year! His first golf tournament of the season is next Tuesday. I think he is signed up for about 8-9 tournaments this summer. He is really excited to play. I am looking forward to it too. It gives us an opportunity to spend some time together and I really enjoy watching him play. (As much as golf has overcome this family, to the extent that I am having to set limits on golf clubs in the house....there's been to many close calls with Caden and a golf ball and club....I do enjoy watching Cody play!)
I am still searching for another job. I haven't heard anything from the 2 places that I have applied. However, I realized today that our answering machine on our phone has been turned off. (We got a new phone system and are still figuring it out!) I sure hope I haven't missed "the" call for an interview! Maybe this is just a "sign" that I am supposed to stay where I am at. Maybe something will come along when I am least expecting it. We'll just have to wait and see. :)
Hope all is ok with all of you. Hope you all have a wonderful Memorial weekend. Take care.
~jen
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