Yesterday when we woke up, Sophie had a sore on her face near her mouth. I've now recognized that I am going to become one of those paranoid moms who thinks everything little, is something big. I think I was in the midst of a panic attack all morning, worried that the sore was an alergic reaction to her medicine. Unfortunately because we were heading up to Wisconsin, I decided not to take the time to call the pediatrician. On the drive north, she put A&D on it about once every 30 minutes. I'm glad to say that as the day went on, it did improve and this morning there were no more sores and that one is not bigger. I'm very relieved. As I said though, I now recognize that nothing with Sophie is going to seem like nothing to me anymore. I grieve the abilitiy to just "pass it off". I pray that this sore is something okay to pass off because we'll be near Hayward until Tuesday and I'm looking forward to relaxing, not worrying.
My second lesson of this trip is that Sophie needs a strict bedtime on this medication. Wendi wouldn't fall asleep last night alone because she isn't used to her grandparent's house, so I laid with her and ended up falling asleep myself. Since we never discussed a bedtime for Soph, I heard her being brought to bed at 11 pm after spending the evening outside with family! Again, because of unfamiliarity, Wendi woke up at 6:30 am wanting to play with everyone so unfortunately Soph was awoken. That equals 7.5 hours of sleep for a girl whose medication's strongest side effect is drowziness--you can guess what her mood is this morning.
For the next four days we'll be up at a cabin near Hayward and I won't be able to get online as far as I know. Hopefully Sophie gets better sleep, we all relax a little, and we're filled up with joyous family time!
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