Dan got up so early this morning - 5:30 - and I actualy woke up at 4:15 because I couldn't sleep.
I went downstairs to bead and the cats were hovering around me. Let me explain that Max weighs about 15 pounds and he can inflict some serious injuries. Belly the kitten weighs about 8 ounces and has littly tiny claws. Belly was ready to take on the Big Cat and I grabbed my camera just in time:
Let's get it on!!!!
The stare down...
Belly gets in the pounce position...
Max goes in for his first strike (note the folded ears)
He goes for the jugular...
Belly kicks him off with her hind legs (known as the "rabbit kick")
Max finishes her off with one last bite...
Max wins Round 1 !!! (Suprise, suprise...)
Let me add that although Max looks pretty content in these pics with his eyes close - he is actually just squinting from the camera flash - he was pertty annoyed with Belly, who instigated the attacks!
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***WARNING*** gross injury picture below...
Monday, Ethan was treated for mulluscum, a wart-like virus that is common in kids up to 2 years. Sometimes they can cure themselves within a year, but Ethan has had these probably from 10 months to a year anyway. I originally thought they were skin tags or something, but they turned red and multiplied. So it took 2 months to get an dermatology appointment and that was on Monday. It was such a pain to get through this appointment, making it was difficult and then whne we finally got there they said it was cancelled and no one called me. Grr... They fit him in with another Dr.
Her resident and the Doctor both agreed that we might as well treat them because we were there. He had "blister acid" applied, as this was painless, we were told. Tow on one leg and six on the other. The acid is left on over night and becomes a small blister than absorbs into the body in a few days. Well the treatment was fine. I was told to wash the acid off the next morning, but the leg with two was irritating Ethan, so I washed it off that night. The next morning I was shocked to see the biggest blisters I had ever seen - about the size of a quarter each, and really swelled up. He managed to break one before I bandaged them up. By the time he had sat down on the couch, be broke the rest of them on the trim of the couch cushion.
I left messages all day Tuesday with the doctor's office with no call backs, until 7 pm. I was pissed. The doctor who treated him called Wednesday and I told her I was not happy that the acid I left on overnight caused such large blisters. She told me "this sometimes happens". But there was no mention of this at out appointment or on the information sheet she gave me. So now Ethan has these huge open sores on the back of his knees. One leg is much worse. I can't imagine how this will cause less scarring than if we didn't treat the
molluscum at all??
I think it's worse because he can actually tell me "Mommy, this hurts me...".
This is on the back of his knee
ANd some other good news - lots of songs from the new Depeche Mode release (on October 18th) are leaking on the Internet...they are awesome!! And yes - I purchased a digital copy from iTunes, so I don't feel guilty...
