On my toes

Liam and his hives!!!
Sorry for the poor quality photos!!

County fair time!

My little munchkies sure know how to keep me on my toes! It has been some busy times around here. We've battled some sicknesses in the Mitchell house lately. It started off with Liam running a low-grade fever which in turn caused me to take him to the dr. He ended up having an ear infection but also has been having some stomach issues. We no sooner got home from the dr. for Liam when Kallie found herself in the bathroom as well for tummy problems! She also was running a fever. That little bug lasted for a few days and thankfully didn't get too severe. Moving on to the next challenge, last Thursday I noticed a few spots on Liams inner thigh. My first thought was chicken pox but I just didn't worry about it too much because it's also been warm around here and thought maybe it was heat rash as well. I was wrong. By that following morning Liam had hives all down his legs and it was starting to show up on his arms. Yikes! Needless to say I returned once again to the dr. with him(I thinking maybe we should just reserve a room there) and the dr.'s theory was that he was allergic to the antibiotic he was on! In other words, they think Liam has a penicillin allergy! I am going to pursue this a little more next week when I take him back for his 6 month checkup and see if we can do some testing and see if that really was the culprit. Thankfully today Liam finally is starting to look "normal" again. I was afraid to take him out in public in for fear that other would think he has some contagious disease. I couldn't believe how badly he got them! He had then all over his scalp, face, ears, arms, hands, legs, feet, back, and just a few on his tummy. I had to give him Benedryl for a few days to help.

On top of that, Jim has been out of town visiting his grandma and also attending a work meeting in Eau Claire, WI. He missed the whole hives episode! I made sure to send him some cell phone pics so he could see!

So, that's been the excitement in our house. I've also been in the process of trying to prepare myself for returning back to work. I start again Monday, the 11th, and have been trying to take the kids with me to my classroom a few times so I can at least try and attempt some preparation. We seem to only last about 30 min. And for the teachers who read this, 30 minutes doesn't get you far when you're setting up the room does it?! Thankfully, we have a couple days to work on our rooms before the students start on Wed. Where did the 6 months of being home go??????? I am going to be praying for my sanity of trying to be on a schedule in the mornings too once I start back!! I'm throwing an extra body in the loop now to try and get ready!
I hope y'all are well!!