This past week hasn't been the healthiest for the Kestner clan. Last Tuesday night, Charlie came down with the tummy bug followed by Luke getting it on Friday night and then Dillon getting it Monday. Once again, I'm the last one standing. I go to bed each night fully expecting to wake up in the middle of the night making a mad dash for the toilet and wake up each morning pleasantly surprised that it hasn't hit me yet. Last night I was fairly certain I was coming down with the funk and even took a Zofran, but woke up this morning feeling much better. Maybe that's just how it'll affect me? Fingers crossed?
We also took Charlie to the pediatric ophthalmologist today to check out her eye. Ever since she's been born, she's had a clogged tear duct (Luke had this too when he was first born but his cleared up quickly). Her's, however, remains runny and crusty all the time. Charlie wakes up with her eye swollen and crusted shut most mornings and it waters all. the. time. If she's on antibiotics (for her eye or the random ear infection) her eye will clear up nicely, but as soon as the antibiotics are out of her system it's back to being runny. Our pediatrician held out hope for as long as possible that the duct would eventually open, but it's just not happening. So at Charlie's 15 month appointment our doctor made a referral out to have a specialist look at it. Today the eye doctor confirmed that if it hadn't opened up by now, it was unlikely to without some sort of assistance. In a few weeks we'll take Charlie to the surgery center here in town and she'll go under anesthesia. They'll use a little probe to pop open the duct and then more than likely they'll place a little plastic stent to make sure the duct stays open. The stent will be removed about a month or so after surgery. There are lots of appointments involved with this. We have to have a pre-op appointment with the pediatrician to make sure it's ok for Charlie to go under anesthesia, then we have a pre-op appointment with the eye doctor, then there's the actual surgery and then there's another follow up appointment. Whew. I'll just be glad to have it over with and hopefully a healthier eye for Charlie!
Otherwise, we've been spending a lot of time outdoors. We've been trying to straighten up our yard a lot and it's a ton of work. The kids love it though because they get to run around and Luke even explored the woods this weekend. We wanted to have a fire on Sunday night but it started raining and hasn't stopped since then. May is coming up quickly and it always tends to be a busy month. I have work events and we're planning a long weekend at the beach. Add in a possible surgery for Charlie and all the appointments that go with it and we won't have much free time. I'm just hoping that the weather will finally warm up!
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