The Cathcarts

Tanya and I went and got manicures and pedicures done yesterday afternoon and when I got home, I could hardly see any redness on Jaxson’s face. Just after one dose of prednisone the rash was almost all gone.  He woke up this morning and there is a little more redness than yesterday, but it’s very faint and continues to get better.  Thank you Lord for prednisone! 

So the saga continues.  Jaxson and I had a long night last night.  We slept on and off in the living room until 3am, when Brad’s shift was supposed to start with Jaxson, but of course, he got lucky and Jaxson slept until 8am.  I slept in a little bit longer and when I went downstairs I was absolutley shocked at what I saw.  My baby did not look like my baby.  His face is now covered in hives and he’s puffy.  So we went back to the Doctor’s Now walk-in clinic and saw a different Dr.  He said this is "classic penicillin allergy."  He gave us a prescription for prednisone, which should really help.  The pharmacist said that it should be much better, if not gone, by Saturday.  I was elated to hear that, but not getting my hopes up too high.

Yesterday afternoon I noticed a few red bumps on Jaxson’s arms while we were playing at the park. Last night it was a little worse and this morning, he looked horrible.  So I called the pediatrician and without seeing him, they said it’s a viral rash related to the little cold that he has (thanks Daddy).  I wasn’t quite satisfied with that and with the wedding on Saturday, I wanted someone to look at him.  So I took him to the new Doctor’s Now walk-in clinic and they think it’s an allergic reaction to his amoxicillin that he’s taking for his ear infection.  I will take either diagnosis, as long as it’s nothing congagious or especially chicken pox.  He is being a real trooper with this.  The rash doesn’t seem to bother him at all. . . so far.  I just hope that it’s gone by Saturday to walk down the aisle.

Brad and I were first thinking about getting Jaxson a tricycle for Christmas, but then we got to thinking, what fun would that be when he wouldn’t be able to ride it?  So Brad went and got Jaxson his trike on Saturday and put it together for him.  Jaxson’s friend, Jack, has the same trike and Jaxson always seems intrigued by it when he sees him riding in it.  It’s very nice because it has a bar that goes around the seat that you use for littler guys until they get big enough when they can ride it on their own.  It also has a push bar, so we can push Jaxson in it until he learns how to peddle it himself.

Jaxson’s buddy, Jack, and his mommy, Brandy, came over today to play.  The boys had a great time playing and Brandy and I always have a good time chatting because she too is a stay-at-home mom and we crave adult conversation most days.  We ordered pizza for supper and enjoyed watching the boys, including Brad, scarf down a few pieces.  Then we headed outside to play.  I think the adults had more fun outside than the babies did.  They were so cute because they would push each other in Jaxson’s Tonka truck.  It was one of the cutest things I have ever seen.

After a few days of being on antibiotics, Jaxson is back to his ornery little self.  Now Brad is fighting a cold, so my goal is to stay healthy at least until October 29th when all of Tanya and Heath’s wedding festivities will be over. Next week is going to be a fun and busy week with getting ready for the big day and then partying.  I don’t know if I’ll get a chance to post again before the wedding so here’s a couple cute pics to hold you over until then.

Jaxson made a trip to Dr. Williams’ office today and found out that he has an ear infection, herpangina, and several more teeth coming in, to add to his 12 teeth already.  So you ask, what’s herpangina?  I guess it’s blisters in his mouth and throat and is quite painful.  And NO, it’s not related to herpes at all.  So we started a course of antibiotics and hope to be feeling better soon.  We’re just glad that all of this is hitting now instead of next week when my sister gets married. 

Other weekend news - Brad went to the Iowa game on Saturday and had a lot of fun since they won.  Then he got home just in time to go out with the guys to Heath’s bachelor party, which I haven’t gotten too many details about and probably don’t want to. He got home at 2:30 am, just in time for Jaxson to wake up at 3 am with his 102 degree fever, although he wasn’t any help, he was quite comical (that’s a whole other story).  While I was at work and Brad was gone, Jaxson spent some QT with G & G Cathcart.  They still managed to have a lot of fun eventhough Bubbie wasn’t feeling up to par.

Jaxson, Grandma Pam, and I decided to go to Eldora yesterday to surprise my grandma and Aunt Wendy. . . and it worked.  We had a very nice day spending time with them.  We took Jaxson to the deer park and saw several deer (of course) and some goats, but Jaxson was more interested in the play equipment.  It’s been getting harder to spend as much time outside with it starting to cool off, but we managed to get in an hour or so of fresh air.  After supper, we headed to Hubbard to drop in on G & G Winter.  Jaxson was pure entertainment for them.  He had a great time riding the horsie that we played with when we were kids and he also managed to wrestle down a giant stuffed dog.  They wore him out enough that he didn’t make a peep the whole way home.