Here We Go Again!

October has become a scary month for us.
Last October: I had a tooth infection that seemed to never end. I had two root canals on the same tooth.
I got a staph infection in my finger. It healed after taking 6 antibiotics and a lot of prayer.
The WHOLE family got the stomach virus.
Sarah Kate cut her finger and we had to go to the E.R.
Both girls had ear infections.


Fast forward to this year:
I get another tooth infection in another tooth. I have a root canal. My mouth is still "not right."
A man hits my car in the Walmart parking lot.
Last night, Sarah Kate cut her eye in the bath tub. We went to the E.R. and three hours later they glued her cut back together.

I said it before and I will say it again, I am going to go on a month long vacation on an island every October.


My Tooth update:
The Dentist called me back about my tooth pain. He was very nice and said that I should get better everyday. He said that this was not uncommon. I am clenching my teeth real bad at night and this seems to be setting me back. I am hurting now, only at night.(Praise) I spent a couple of nights sleeping with a wash cloth in my mouth to keep my mouth open. Attractive I know.

I have been taking Clindamycin for my tooth infection and it is simply awful. They forget to put on the side effects that it will cause the worst ever heart-burn. I feel like acid has been poured down my throat. I just can't eat. (which may be a good thing) I feel like I am choking every time I eat or drink. It is worse than when I was pregnant.
I went to visit a friend yesterday and I was hurting so bad with heartburn. I told her that if I fell over dead to tell the EMT that my esophagus had ruptured.

The Latest Crazy:
Last night the girls were taking a bath. I had gotten them started and then I was helping Steve gather the trash cans for trash pick-up. Emily started screaming and crying for me to come in there. Emily was standing and Sarah Kate was sitting down crying as blood was pouring out of her eyelid. I could not tell at the moment if it was her actual eye or lid. It was pitiful. But, Emily did a LOT more crying than Sarah Kate did. Emily was soooooo upset. We think that Sarah Kate hit her eye on a little toy watering can. We wonder if Emily was trying to pull it away from her.
I don't think we will ever know the real story. According to Emily, she "was just sitting in the bath tub looking at the beautiful wall and when she looked at Sarah Kate her eye was bleeding."

Hummmmmmmmm......makes you wonder. Emily said a LONG prayer for SK's recovery last night.



We took her to the E.R. and they used Dermabond to glue her eye back together. Emily stayed with a sweet friend of ours who is a pediatric nurse. I had called her about SK's eye. She came and looked at it and said she needed to go to the E.R. She took Emily home with her.
We are thankful they glued it and not used stitches. They say the Dermabond does not scar as bad.

We hope this is the end of craziness for October. Thank you for praying for my tooth.