Hey – Not Quite Two Weeks This Time

Sorry everyone, It’s been very hectic around the house for the past month. I will try to post more often from now on.

For the most part Lori is doing OK although the day of my last post she started feeling pretty bad. Her joints were really hurting her. We moved the blow up bed downstairs and she has been sleeping down there ever since.

It’s been one day do stuff, one day sleep, one day do stuff, one day sleep. Mike is no longer working so he has taken Lori out a couple of times in the past week. It’s good to have him around to drive her places so I don’t have to. Besides, they have a lot of fun when they go places.

Earlier in the week Lori went to get her labs done for the new Nephrologist. We go see him on Tuesday. See the next post for more info on that.

Thursday Lori woke up with a couple of red bumps on her back. I guess she figured it was nothing so she didn’t say anything to me. Then, yesterday, she woke up with hundreds of these red bumps. Some of them had little heads on them. It was really freaky looking, and the fact that they popped up so fast seemed bizarre. So we called Dr. Peditto and headed out.

Dr. P didn’t like the looks of it. She had the Doctor who has a practice next door to look at it. Dr. P does not see children (who are always coming in with rashes) the other Dr. does. The “official” diagnosis was a Hot Tub Rash, although Dr. P was a bit hesitant to simplify it that much. With Lori’s history Dr. P is always watching out for the worst case. Sometimes she may be a bit too cautious, but that’s OK with us. She prescribed a broad spectrum anti-biotic and told us to watch it closely.

Today they started itching. There do not appear to be any more bumps. That’s a good thing. Hopefully it will go away without any side effects.