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April 14, 2003
Monday morning - Part II
Hello! Back again!
Ok - so where was I?? Oh yeah -Palm Sunday..
So, we are at church. I told O that she would not be able to eat any of the candy in the eggs but she could eat the candy that I brought. I realized that I had forgotten O's candy, Benedryl and Epi-Pens (DUH!) when the 3 of us go upstairs and I see a table full of food. Food that is NOT O safe :sigh: I called P and he brought the diaper bag with her meds and he tossed in 2 full Pez dispensers for O. They did the egg hunt for the little kids first and she found 5 eggs. :cheerful: She had so much fun. We headed back upstairs and she was playing with some toys for a little while. M's age group went downstairs for the egg hunt and she found 10 eggs. They came back upstairs and had a snack. O walked over to me and showed me her arms - COVERED in hives! Her cheeks were all red and irratated as well :eek: Holy ****! So - I grabbed her and the diaper bag and hauled her into the bathroom. I washed her off, put Benedryl cream on her arms and gave her some liquid Benedryl. The hives went away after about 15 minutes, thank goodness. I was SO mad at myself for putting her in a dangerous situation. There were crumbs all over the place, kids were eating candy... the poor kid. She wanted to do the egg hunt so bad :sigh: :sad:
I brought her back downstairs and we sat for a while. Service was going to start in about 20 minutes so I took her outside and let her run around on the grass. I figured that (plus the Benedryl) would calm her down. She was pretty well behaved during the service. M was in her Sunday school class.
After church, we went home and had lunch. Woohoo - how exciting. I went food shopping - ALONE! Man - was that fun! Boy - am I pathetic?! When I got back home, P had the kids outside, running around. It took me about 30-40 minutes to unpack the groceries and get everything put away. I went outside with them when I was done. Last night's dinner was hot dogs and steak on the grill. Yummy! I managed to catch <i>Six Feet Under</i> last night. Of course, I missed the first 15 minutes. I never liked Brenda's parents anyway so I wasn't sorry about her dad.
Wow - this is a BOOK! :laugh:
I watched the celebrity episodes of Trading Spaces. Well - I missed the one with Andy Dick - he's a freak anyway. The one with the stars of <i>7th Heaven</i> was pretty dopey and I didn't even watch the re-run of the Natalie Maines room.
O was up coughing again last night so we gave her another breathing treatment and she slept through all of it. I kept her home from school because she still had a cough this morning. My father in law visited M at school today. Her school had "Grandparents Day" today. She was SO excited that he was coming to her school. He stopped by to visit O after he left the school.
Whew!! I am pooped! I have to catch up on all my reads! See ya'll later!
Posted by Cate at April 14, 2003 12:01 PM
Comments
Wow you had a busy day.
Don't blme yourself for Olivia, these things happen, you sound like a wonderful mum.
xx
Posted by: Jackie at April 14, 2003 12:08 PM
Ahh...the poor kid...how difficult to be so allergic at such a young age with all the fun going around!
Posted by: daisy at April 14, 2003 12:21 PM
poor olivia. *sniff* you do the best you can, don't blame yourself. and you always bring the stuff with you so that you are prepared.
Posted by: kat at April 14, 2003 01:53 PM
You were prepared though, things happen which is why you carry all of that with you, right? :) You're a great mom! :hug:
Posted by: karri at April 14, 2003 03:45 PM
You knew what to do....that's what matters most. There will be a million times in her childhood when you come upon this situation. Over time, she'll know when NOT to choose to follow the crowd.
Quit beating yourself up, okay? That's an order!
Posted by: Da Goddess at April 14, 2003 11:50 PM
