No Fungus . . . For Mr. B

I pays to be a persistent parent, to get second opinions and to harass your doctor incessantly. Because of these annoying habits of mine (not annoying to me, only the doctors) we finally had Mr. B's scalp biopsied and it turns out he doesn't have a fungus he just has some serious dry skin. We are so relieved.

I guess I now get to do the same thing for Beeb - oh joy.

Dora 1.19.2009 - 2.9.2009

Poor Dora, we awoke today to find you floating at the top of your bowl. I knew something wasn't right yesterday when you kept hanging out at the top, and now you are dead. Beeb took it well and didn't shed a tear when we said our goodbyes to you and sent you down the toilet. R.I.P. little goldfish.

Ignore Your Parents . . .

Since the beginning of man we have shown time and time again that we are a rebellious sort and don't always take heed of our parents guidance. I can name many incident in my own youth when I chose to do exactly the opposite of what my mother counselled. The payback for my recklessness is getting to be on the opposite end of that relationship and watching my children make their own choice despite my "words of wisdom".

"Don't take the safety cap off mommy's razor, it is sharp." Poor Beeb had to learn the hard way this time.

My heart is mending much slower than her thumb. I've been assured by my own mother that this only gets worse as our children get older and make even dumber choices. Ah, that's reassuring to know.

Mr. B Logic

I often post Beeb Logic as she is such a thinker and talker whereas her brother is much more the doer. Thus the Beeb Logic posts and for Mr. B the photos of what he got into on any given day.

Today Mr. B had a moment of mental inquisitiveness on our way to church. We were discussing the upcoming baptism of their twin cousins when Mr. B wondered aloud, "So when G gets baptized and goes to live with Heavenly Father can I have his Wii?".

A Fungus Among Us

A month ago we discovered a dry patch of skin on Mr. B's head. Our pediatrician diagnosed this as cradle cap and prescribed some shampoo to help it go away. Two weeks later the patch had gotten angry looking (thick and grey/green in color) and so back to the doctor we went. This time the doc realized his error and assured me we had a fungus among us - oh joy.

Mr. B gets to take some awesome pills a few times a day that only have some mildly scary side effects. Unfortunately, it is the best course of treatment as nobody has done any research on any of the other drugs used to treat this fungus and children.

As a precaution to prevent spreading the fungus I've been washing his pillowcase and towels in hot water each day. He is washing his hands all the time and even has his very own hand sanitizer bottle at his table at school.

Last week I took Mr. B to the dermatologist to be to sure we were on the correct coarse of treatment. She concurred with our pediatrician and also recommended some anti-fungal shampoo and cream. Now not only am I washing a truck load of laundry a day but I also get to bathe Mr. B twice a day. Luckily Mr. B has been great about all this and complains very little about the pills, hand washing and bathes.

Sunday while we were getting ready for church I was curling Beeb's hair. When I parted her hair on the side I noticed a familiar looking fungus on her head. (imaging my excitement) A trip to the doctor on Monday confirmed that she has the fungus too and gets to start on her own course of treatment and I get to wash even more laundry each day.

To top it off it turns out that the shampoo and cream the dermatologist prescribed irritated Mr. B's fungus and now he has a rash down his neck and behind his ear. I've stopped using them and hope his rash clears up soon.

And to really add that fine blow to my month our dryer died. Today I get to take all our wet laundry to the Laundromat.

At least the sun is out :-)