As soon as Tyler got back from NYLT, we took off for California. Our original plan of meeting Todd's family for a few days of Disneyland fun didn't work out but since we had the days off work and the trip was already scheduled, we visited MY family. We learned from my Garmin GPS, "the Great Garmini", that it's only a 23+ hour drive taking the route through CO, UT, & NV! In California, we saw some movies, explored the tidepools, played with cousins, visited with Grandma Denslow, made & raced pine-wood derby cars, roasted hot dogs & marshmallows, had a few airsoft battles, went swimming in Amy & Dodd's new pool, took the boys to Knott's Berry Farm, were introduced to the magnificent Cake Ball, went shopping "girl-style" with my sisters & mom & grandma, sewed 5 corn babies for the Youth Conference Trek, ate soo much delicious food, and only had 2 medical traumas! Check out my slideshow for lots of pictures of the fun stuff. (Slideshow coming soon!)
The first of our Urgent Care issues was when Ryan, running around outside, sliced his leg open on a cracked ceramic flower pot. The edge was like a sharp knife and the cut on his shin was 1/4 inch deep and 3 inches long. Fortunately, the men-folk had cleaned and bandaged him up before I saw it, but they thought he should see a doctor. Unfortunately, everyone else got to go to Farrell's for a Zoo (30 scoops of ice cream and tons of toppings and little animals in a huge bowl they bring to you on a stretcher with lots of noise and fanfare). Fortunately, we got Ryan in very quickly and he only needed 8 STAPLES!! Then the two of us had dinner and dessert at Marie Callendars. He was never in very much pain and by the next day was running around playing catch and airsoft again. The staples came out about 10 days later and Ryan is happy that he'll have a big scar to show off.
The first of our Urgent Care issues was when Ryan, running around outside, sliced his leg open on a cracked ceramic flower pot. The edge was like a sharp knife and the cut on his shin was 1/4 inch deep and 3 inches long. Fortunately, the men-folk had cleaned and bandaged him up before I saw it, but they thought he should see a doctor. Unfortunately, everyone else got to go to Farrell's for a Zoo (30 scoops of ice cream and tons of toppings and little animals in a huge bowl they bring to you on a stretcher with lots of noise and fanfare). Fortunately, we got Ryan in very quickly and he only needed 8 STAPLES!! Then the two of us had dinner and dessert at Marie Callendars. He was never in very much pain and by the next day was running around playing catch and airsoft again. The staples came out about 10 days later and Ryan is happy that he'll have a big scar to show off.
Our second crisis was already happening and I didn't even notice because I was wrapped up with Ryan's cut leg. Tyler had a little swelling under his right and a funny red sunburn on that side of his face. When he woke up the next morning, his right eye was nearly swollen shut and there was a rashy feel on his skin. It did not hurt or itch, he was just very swollen. He also had a severe flare up on the dry patches he always has on his arms, legs, and tummy. I took him to Ojai's ER and they said it was an allergic reaction to something and gave him a steroid shot, said to take Benadryl, and come back if it got worse. It did. I took him back that night and they still said it was an allergic reaction. I was not convinced since by then, his right side was not only swollen but starting to weep from the skin. ANYWAYS.... we decided to get him home faster, my mom came with us to help me drive (thanks, Mom!). We got Tyler in to his regular allergy doc and he was stumped. Not an allergy. A culture of the ooze came back a few days later and it was a STAPH INFECTION! I was stunned - people die from those! It took a few days for the scabbiness to sluff off and the redness to go away. Tyler is all better now, but since he is 14 he doesn't want any of the unflattering pictures I took during the whole process to be posted to the internet, but trust me, it was bad. (If you want to be grossed out, ask me to show you sometime when you're over.)
So that was our California 2009 trip. We really did have a great time with everyone. I wish we lived closer than 23 hours from you! But I am really excited for our gathering here next week!
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