Nail-biting & Needles

You would not normally think that nail-biting and needles might possibly go together.  Well apparently they do for little boys.  Jacob has a habit of not just biting but chewing on the edges of his nail bed. he has no fingernails left to nibble.

Well Saturday night at bath time I noticed it looked red and a little puffy around the side of his thumb nail. Sunday morning it was raised and had some white in the middle. By Sunday night you could tell it was infected. This morning (Monday) it looked bad. but nothing compared to lunch time when I picked him up from school for his doctors apt:

Yes it hurts, its infected bad

The doctor we got had a brain fluff our something. He came in the door saying he had his needle ready was Jacob ready? Uhm hello he is a little boy who is already scared this doctor is going to hurt him. He knows all about needles mostly from the dentist who shoves a big one into his mouth every time he goes. and unfortunately he has to go ALOT. Genetics.  Dumb Doctor. He says oh I am just kidding be a big boy and don’t cry. WHOA my mommy stuff just jumps right up and says STOP.  I got mad in 2.3 nano seconds and right lately I cant control my temper. Doctor saw this and didn’t say another thing about big boys not crying. If your scared you cry, if your hurt you cry, if your mad enough to cry then you cry.

Anyway  he then says out loud and to my already scared and crying son that he needs to pop it and drain it, with a needle. But oh it won’t hurt at all….. no need to cry it won’t hurt….  So I try to get Jacob calmed down, telling him it won’t hurt I even get him to let me touch the blistered part so he can see it won’t hurt. He is ok He is not happy but ok, Doctor comes in and tells Jacob to go ahead and close his eyes, I put my hand over his eyes (Jacobs idea) cause I am holding him, and doctor proceeds to pop the infected area with a huge needle ( I was looking ) and of course it squirts all over me and completely misses the doctor, where is the justice in that?!?!?!

There is fluid in it, but you can see the puss at the "bottom" yuck

So Jacob is ok with this, it didn’t hurt at all to pop it, but then that lovely doctor who insisted that it would not hurt, who had me telling Jacob it would not hurt that doctor with out a warning or anything starts to SQUEEZE out the rest of the poison. HELLO!!!!!   IT HURTS!!!! ARGH he lied. he knew he was going to have to squeeze it did he just apply pressure? no he mashed it from one end sliding to the other to force out the poison. Why would he tell my son it wouldn’t hurt if he was going to hurt him? Ugh made me lie to him to. Ok so he didn’t MAKE me but still….

Jacob is ok now. He really doesn’;t like doctors much though. I also told him he would get amoxicillin and the doctor gave him Augmentin instead. That stuff is gross, makes Jacob gag. So He got a new toy (some cheap gun) and ice cream and chocolate milk. I hate lieing to him and I hate hurting him. But his finger should get better. He has to take the antibiotics, use neosporin and if it swells up again we go back. I will just make sure a different doctor is there when we go back.

Back in Action

Wow I have Internet again. Unbelievable how fast you can get used to not having something then tada you get it back and fall in old patterns. Like getting my nose stuck in here.

Wow they match... all on their own

Catch up is catch up… I work while the children are in school. I get off at 3… sometimes later. I finish whatever I am working on at 3 then I leave. So far it works for everyone. Now if we get busy busy I am sure the off at 3 is over. I like it though I don’t feel so guilty for not being home because I am home.

So anyway leave me a comment, ask me a question, send me an email. I can and will answer now. But its after midnight…. I took a pain pill and did it knock me out? nope. but I better try to go to sleep anyway… got to work tomorrow.

Night everyone!

What a Farm we live on.

Ever get the feeling that things have gotten out of hand? Wondering how you go from one little parakeet to a virtual zoo of critters? We went 11 years with no pets other than the odd fish or two. Then there were the outside OUTSIDE ALL THE TIME kitty cats that woudl show up occasionally.

 

Now 3 weeks ago we had 2 inside dogs, 1 outside dog, 1 cat, 2 parakeets, 1 cockatiel, 1 goldfish, 1 hamster, 300 guppies and 2 chickens. Well since then we have lost 1 chicken (I didn’t eat him) and gained a puppy.

The children found a small puppy (vet says she was 4 weeks old) in the filed across from our house. On my birthday no less   Caitlin wants to keep her, says she will pay for everythign and take care of her 100% on her own. Ask her how much she likes vet bills or getting up at 2 am for a potty call.

 

We have a very friendly although on the dumb side black lab mix she is a year old. She may be wanting a new home, also the birds have to go. no time to give the m the attention they deserve and every one keeps telling them to shut up. KC (dog #1) and Allie (my cat) are here to stay. everyone else is negotionable, want a pet? give me a call I will deliver them with food, toys, supplies and a great big smile! )