Fifty Weeks

Surrey is determined to go out with a bang this year and she's doing a pretty great job of it. Poor girl has been fading slowly since Sunday. Monday night I called the on-call doctor after she had had a low-grade fever, a rash, and a mildly pink eye (and was up twice in the night for two hours a piece). They had us go in the following morning (yesterday) for a sick appointment to figure out what's going on. She's a hot mess. Mild conjunctivitis (pink eye), tonsillitis (inflammation of the throat - some sort of infection there), right ear infection, and cellulitis (crazy rash on her limbs). We also discovered a molar has come in and the other one pushing through, along with her two front top teeth. What in the world?! 
Well as the day went on her rash seemed to be getting worse and worse, with it peaking last night. She woke up crying and her little cheeks were beat red with the rash/hives all over. I called the on-call doctor again and it happened to be the same pediatrician we saw earlier. She decided her cellulitis diagnosis was inaccurate, and that this disgusting rash was hives - more of a reaction to the other infections. It is the strangest thing - it comes and goes on all different parts of her body pretty rapidly, and at any time she may have a few big patches of bright red areas with hives. She doesn't seem to be bothered, but it's frightening! Jeremiah ran to the store to pick up Benadryl (she's also on an antibiotic, eye drops, and the occasional tylenol dosage), and thankfully she fell asleep around 10:45. Her normal bedtime is between 6:30 and 7:00. Let's have a moment of silence while we take that in.

So, I hope she is on the upswing today. I put her down for a nap way early because the poor child just couldn't stand it any longer. Oh and now she's crying and coughing, awesome.

And get this. In the midst of all this funkiness, Surrey is walking. WALKING. While most of us decide to cozy up on the couch and rest, Surrey chooses to start walking on her own. Oh boy.