Our little spooks...an elephant and a snow princess. We haven't quite hit the stage of scary costumes.
It took a long time to grow her hair out this long! Actually just a quick trip to Target...she was pretty impressed with her "pretend" hair.
This house was really cool!!What a day to end an exciting/weird week! Chase had croup earlier this week so we haven't had a lot of sleep! The kids and I spent time on Wednesday at the Doctor's Office getting a steroid shot which seemed to help. Kaitlyn also had a Halloween party at school that day which I was hosting so Mike ended up home all afternoon to look after our little patient. Mike was also home on Thursday afternoon to join us for an appt with a Neurosurgeon at Children's Hospital. About a year ago we had a CT Scan done of Chase's head since it grew very rapidly in his first nine months or so. It was fairly routine just to make sure he didn't have fluid on his brain. Thankfully there was no fluid however they did find a slight abnormality. At the time and after a long discussion with his pediatrician, we decided it wasn't necessary to subject him to further testing and we forgot about it. We recently switched pediatricians and the new one recommended we look into it just for piece of mind (hence the appt with the neurosurgeon). He assured us that it is more than likely nothing at all however he is recommending we get an MRI. It is yet to be scheduled but I'll update the blog as things progress. I think the test is more of a formality than anything. Yesterday was fairly uneventful so we were looking forward to a fun and quiet Halloween with Stacey's family until.......
Kaitlyn woke up with what we thought was pink eye. It was a little gooey and very red. We called and cancelled our plans with the Smiths and went about our day. We grocery shopped, hit the Dollar Tree store for glow sticks and did things around the house. Kaitlyn's eye stopped running and got a little less red so we are assuming it's not pink eye. Chase really wasn't himself though and really didn't want to eat or drink much. After trick or treating we realized his temperature was 103.2. I had just given him Tylenol two hours earlier so we're watching him closely. I'm hoping to not be making a trip to the ER tonight. Now, for all you seasoned moms reading this (Stacey, Susan, Diane), I know you're thinking I'm over-reacting. My kids don't really get high fevers though. Honestly I think maybe 102 is as high as we've gone. I spoke to a nurse at Children's and was told up to 105 is okay. YIKES. He's already moaning and crying in his sleep. I have a feeling we won't be sleeping too well again tonight. Poor little guy. I can't stand to see him suffer. Kaitlyn's doing great though. She had a blast trick or treating and then handing out candy to other kids. The scariest part of Halloween for Kaitlyn was whether or not the houses we visited had dogs. Every time we rang a doorbell she asked if they had a dog. We listened for barking and reacted appropriately (picked her up if necessary). She gave a few scares of her own when she would start screaming when dogs surprised her at the door (I don't think the people who lived in those houses were expecting a screaming child). Once we got home she gave away all of the candy we bought as well as some of what she collected (her choice, we didn't make her). We told her that if she put her candy out tonight a Halloween Fairy would come and take it and leave her a present. She was so generous giving it away to other kids that the fairy is going to leave what little is left and also leave her the Tinkerbell movie. She's going to be very excited when she sees it!
