Eek blech!

That's about how to describe Monday to Thursday this past week. Julia woke up Monday morning with hives so I took her to the doctor. He didn't know what the hives came from but he did tell me that Julia has a little asthma. I was really worried because the hives kept getting worse and would seem to cover her whole body. Her face was really red and ears completely red at one point. She's been coughing like crazy for a few weeks.
The good thing about seeing the doctor is that he wrote Julia a prescription for both the cough and the asthma and she is barely coughing now. Whenever I talk to doctors they always say to wait the cough out a few weeks but with Julia I think it's better to catch it right away. I guess her cough has a harder time clearing up because of the asthma. The asthma meds seemed to have finally cleared up whatever the rash was too.
I thought the hives could be caused by bed bugs because they did look a little like bites; so I did the responsible thing and googled bed bugs. They said to look for black dots (bug poop) and I saw black dots (maybe dirt?) under the mattress on the slats so I started to freak out and washed everything with hot water. I put the mattresses outside to air out then inspected them to look for the eggs and bugs. They were completely clear but I didn't tell Julia that it was just a false alarm because she didn't seem to care about it.
So yesterday when she got back to school she told all of the kids and some parents that she had bed bugs (she also still had some hives to add more fuel to the fire). So the parents were naturally concerned and one gave the teacher a hard time about it so she called about 20 minutes after dropping Julia off. Good to know they act fast but even after I assured her that Julia does not have bed bugs and explaining her situation at drop off time I still had to get a message faxed over from the doctors. An e-mail was sent out yesterday to calm the parents down explaining that Julia does in fact NOT have bed bugs and the doctors note is in the office files; so hopefully that's the end of that. Oh sicknesses and misunderstandings; all I can say is thank God she's better and hopefully she stays that way.

Big Decision!

Dann and I have been talking a lot this year about what our plans will be when he graduates. We've finally come to the decision that we will move back to Maryland. We have missed our big gatherings with friends and family. It has been really nice for the girls to see their other grand and great grandparents here for the past few years and we have really enjoyed the nice weather and beaches but it's time to go back. Dann and I were going through Craigslist for places to rent and were getting really excited. We look forward to having great space, a dog, a yard and lots of get togethers.
I asked the girls about it and they were really excited too. They can't wait for the snow and I know they will be so happy to see all the family and our friends on a regular basis. The more we talked about moving the more it felt right. So one more year to soak up the sun and enjoy the island before we move back! It feels good to have a plan and know what are next move is going to be.