Serious Health Issues with Morna
Thursday last week, Morna had tiny little dots all over her body. No one noticed at daycare, but they seem to not pay attention to detail. The director and I are working on that. I didn't see a further reaction, so I continued her medication through Friday. When I picked her up from daycare, there were three times the number of spots and they had gotten red. I immediately discontinued the medicine and the spots are gradually fading. I can still see some of them, especially in the diaper area.
This past Saturday, Morna and I were at my gaming session. As per usual, she pulled herself up and fell several times. I thought maybe she bumped her face really good, as a lump formed to the immediate left of her nose. It never went down, even on Sunday. I already had an appointment with the pediatrician for Monday, so I asked her when I arrived. We were sent to get x-rays and an ultrasound of her face to determine what the lump was. It's filled with fluid and apparently is a backed up tear duct, probably as a result of having a cold in her eye a week earlier. It isn't infected currently, but if it becomes infected, she'll have an abscess in her face. In 7 hours, we're due at the eye specialist's office to have it drained away. I don't know what that entails. She's already on another round of antibiotics to prevent the formation of an infection in her tear duct. For the ear infection, the pediatrician gave her a shot that should have cleared it out.
So it has come to me that I am, apparently, unable to sleep normal hours when I'm worried about Morna. I've taken to cooking and cleaning, things I used to do when I was happy. I wonder if I am doing them because it gives me something to do aside from worry, to fill my time while I'm not sleeping, or because the fact that I did these things regularly during the time in my life I was happiest and it is therefore soothing due to mental/emotional linkage? Who knows? I only ever bother to ask these questions when I'm so tired that my thought process circumvents my psychological trauma from that time. After I've slept, I won't be able to consider the concept without flashbacks. It's kinda sad. I think all of the possibilities apply here.
The banana nut muffins are done, so I guess it's time to sleep now? Yes, uplinktruck, you're welcome to come and snag half a dozen or more. ^_^ They're super-tasty!
This past Saturday, Morna and I were at my gaming session. As per usual, she pulled herself up and fell several times. I thought maybe she bumped her face really good, as a lump formed to the immediate left of her nose. It never went down, even on Sunday. I already had an appointment with the pediatrician for Monday, so I asked her when I arrived. We were sent to get x-rays and an ultrasound of her face to determine what the lump was. It's filled with fluid and apparently is a backed up tear duct, probably as a result of having a cold in her eye a week earlier. It isn't infected currently, but if it becomes infected, she'll have an abscess in her face. In 7 hours, we're due at the eye specialist's office to have it drained away. I don't know what that entails. She's already on another round of antibiotics to prevent the formation of an infection in her tear duct. For the ear infection, the pediatrician gave her a shot that should have cleared it out.
So it has come to me that I am, apparently, unable to sleep normal hours when I'm worried about Morna. I've taken to cooking and cleaning, things I used to do when I was happy. I wonder if I am doing them because it gives me something to do aside from worry, to fill my time while I'm not sleeping, or because the fact that I did these things regularly during the time in my life I was happiest and it is therefore soothing due to mental/emotional linkage? Who knows? I only ever bother to ask these questions when I'm so tired that my thought process circumvents my psychological trauma from that time. After I've slept, I won't be able to consider the concept without flashbacks. It's kinda sad. I think all of the possibilities apply here.
The banana nut muffins are done, so I guess it's time to sleep now? Yes, uplinktruck, you're welcome to come and snag half a dozen or more. ^_^ They're super-tasty!