Thursday, July 10, 2008

Allergic to Fire Ants....what's a boy to do?

So, as most of you know, Caleb is severely allergic to fire ants....yes, fire ants! After our last episode when he woke up with his eyes swollen and the first episode including an overnight stay at Texas Children's we decided, without question, the we needed to visit the allergist again! What a day that turned out to be...an all day ordeal of poking and prodding my six year old and scaring the crud out of me....he had his first blood draw since birth and another series of allergy tests.....we had to watch another video on the correct way to administer the EPI-PEN Jr. if needed and strict orders to do this before that and that before this.....poor guy! After a full day in Houston going from the office to the lab and back to the office we got in the car to head home and all my poor boy could say was...."Mom, I am warned out!".....and my reply...."me too!" -- though the news about his severe allergy was expected I didn't foresee that we would have to make an hour drive once a week for him to get allergy shots....as no doctor here in town will administer them nor did I realize that we might have to sell Berkleigh in order to afford them! I've come up with a solution to the problem....sell the house and move North where it's too cold for these pustule formin', edema causin', pain in the A$$, pocket book breakin' DAMN FIRE ANTS!


P.S.

He's allergic to horses too....you think we might sell the horse too?!?! Uhhh....NO!

2 comments:

Barbie said...

I'll buy Berkleigh....she's too cute!! Or I could work out a trade for Nat or Jen...ha ha!! My poor "son-in-law"....that's just awful!!

Goodnight, Mom said...

Wow! Those are quite some pictures! I'm so sorry you guys have to deal with this! Ugh!!!

Fire Ants..... bite....

Fire Ants..... bite....
That's just crazy...

Yo! Adrienne!!!!