Joy's Birthday and a trip to the ER

And no it was not Joy in the ER. It was this precious kiddo of ours....

My morning started out to I-man rustling around in the bathroom looking for medicine and a band aide.

Unfortunately by the time I staggered in there he had the band aide already applied to a very sensitive area.

Oh yes you read it right. So I had to get it off and try to figure out why in the world that very sensitive area was swollen and red. I thought "bug bite, infection, ??"

So I watched it throughout the morning and ended up calling our pediatrician.

They proceeded to tell me to get him to the nearest ER as quickly as possible. Why hasn't anyone ever told me that these kind of symptoms can mean very bad things (like twisting of the insides??) And if you don't get them into surgery within 4-6 hours you can loose that area. I would think this is something any mom to boys should be told don't you?!

So after all afternoon in the ER the twisting was ruled out and most likely a bug bite or infection of some sort is ruled in.

What does that mean for our little guy? 5 bottles of antibiotics and some cream.

So when he asked for two cheeseburgers, ice cream, and a lemonade from McDonald's AND a toy from the drug store while waiting for his truck load of medicines to be ready I said what any of you would have said...

YES!!!

We got home just in time to start Joy's friend birthday party. Here are some of the festivities. I'm just glad I opted for store bought cupcakes instead of making anything today! Joy is so excited to have friends here for HER birthday! Wow, there is never a dull moment around here.

And here are the photos from her family party last weekend. She has loved all the attention! Last year we had just returned home from China so her birthday is a bit of a blur. Now if I could just recover from the crazy ER experience and enjoy her birthday today that would be wonderful.

Grace made her some door decorations. I thought it was very sweet of her and Joy loved them.