But the day happened, and I'm only sitting down now at the laptop.
Julien was supposed to go the Farmer's Market and I was supposed to go to the store this morning, but as we were getting ready, I noticed a putrid smell coming from S's nose, the kind of smell tha that J had when his incisions got infected after his surgery. So, plans changed, and J took S to the doctor. The doctor didn't dare touch whatever it was and told J to get an otolaryngologist (hereafter ENT) appointment instead. The ENT could only see S at 5pm, when S had an existing appointment to see a dermatologist about a rash on her scalp, possibly eczema, . Thinking an infection trumped itching, we cancelled the dermatologist (who was angry about it and hung up on J).
The unplanned morning visit to the doctor comprised J's trip to Pau (1.5 hrs away) to get his and S's diplomatic passports for our move to Egypt, so he had to reschedule to tomorrow.
Instead of spending a day alone, relaxing and writing, I had to nap to try to nip an oncoming headache in the bud. It helped only marginally, and at the ENT's office, the headache came back full force. Not because of anything seriously wrong with S, though, thank goodness. The little squirt had stuck some stuffing from one of her toys up her nose, and the ENT was able to pull it out in no time. We were very relieved that the problem was quickly taken care of. She has to wait until Saturday now to see a dermatologist about the itching.
In other Sprout news, I bought her her first pairs of underwear today. They are too big for her, intended for 2-3 year-olds, and she'll only be 22 months tomorrow. She is very excited to have undies and has had no accidents. She hasn't had any accidents for a while yet, and she often goes to the bathroom by herself without us offering her a potty opportunity, just goes to sit on her potty and does her business. We've been taking her out without a diaper for several weeks now, even in the car, which we didn't dare do before (even though she is diaper free at the house, if we were going to the doctor or the store, etc. we'd put on a diaper just in case). She is not completely potty trained, but she also had her first diaperless nap today.
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Date: 21 Aug 2012 08:14 pm (UTC)That's terrible that the dermatologist hung up on J! Dear me, what a primadonna!
Glad you got that stuffing out of S's nose--I remember when one of my kids put a lego coin up their nose. Fun times :-P
And here's what I wanted to share with you yesterday. I discovered I had two of these left! So I sent one to a friend, and one I put up in the kitchen where I could enjoy it. It's just the right season now--the Queen Anne's lace plants are making nests.
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Date: 21 Aug 2012 08:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 21 Aug 2012 09:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 21 Aug 2012 09:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 21 Aug 2012 10:15 pm (UTC)I had a friend in Singapore who noticed his young son was sniffing a lot and when they took him to the doctor, it turned out he had an engorged leech blocking his nose...
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Date: 21 Aug 2012 10:26 pm (UTC)That's kind of awesome.
(And I'm just realizing how out of touch I've fallen with you. I feel horrible about that.)
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Date: 22 Aug 2012 01:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 22 Aug 2012 05:39 am (UTC)And the adventures with children and noses remind me the time when the doctor found a plane in nose of my son!
Well, actually it was just a pink plastic nose-piece of a toy plane that had been up in his nose for COUPLE OF MONTHS! He had put it there during visit to Vietnam with his father, had not known how to explain what he had done in Vietnamese and, afterwards, had forgotten.
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Date: 15 Sep 2012 12:58 pm (UTC)Yes, adventures abound. And I'm glad, too, because infection, ugh...
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Date: 15 Sep 2012 12:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 15 Sep 2012 01:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 15 Sep 2012 01:01 pm (UTC)Were have you been, my friend? :P
My excuse in not replying earlier is that these comments were filtered into another folder in my email.
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Date: 15 Sep 2012 01:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 15 Sep 2012 01:08 pm (UTC)But I did it only once!
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Date: 15 Sep 2012 01:11 pm (UTC)And plane in the nose! For months! And forgetting! Eep. o.O
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Date: 15 Sep 2012 01:14 pm (UTC)Warn Lia
Date: 15 Sep 2012 01:35 pm (UTC)Re: Warn Lia
Date: 15 Sep 2012 02:23 pm (UTC)Orlando will be thrilled. He's been boooored since she left.