The Sunday Somethings, 20jun10
June 20th, 2010Something that makes me happy: My smiley little boy.
Something I’m thinking: Why are weekends so short?
Something I’m hoping: I’m hoping that Gabe has enjoyed his Father’s Day!
Something happening around the house: I did some more organizing of the kitchen cabinets and pantry. It looks pretty good now!
Something I’m reading: I started and finished The Hunger Games and started on the second book in the series, Catching Fire. So far, I’m enjoying the series! I still can’t get motivated to read Devil in the White City for book club. We’ll see how I feel after finishing Catching Fire. I have a feeling I’m going to read whatever I’m in the mood to read!
Something I’m watching: We didn’t watch much of anything this week…
Something tasty: I made stuffed peppers with the fresh bell peppers from our Produce Box this week. Yum!
Something Maddie is doing (28 months old): It was a big week for Miss Maddie!!! We officially started potty training on Tuesday. She has done very well, and we are so proud of her. Aside from her 7 accidents on Wednesday, she hasn’t had more than 2 or 3 accidents a day. She had one accident Friday morning and hasn’t had another one all weekend!! Of course, there’s still plenty of time left in the day, so we’ll see what happens. Maddie also enjoyed her first popsicle from the ice cream truck. We finally caught him (actually her, as it turns out). Maddie is 28 months old today!
Something Cullen is doing (21 weeks old): He gets excellent marks for being cute and smiley. He’s failing at sleeping in the bassinet and sleeping continuously. I still have hope that he’s not following in his sister’s footsteps when it comes to sleep, but that hope is starting to fade! It’s a good thing he’s so cute. He’s starting to show some interest in our food, so we are thinking about doing solids sometime soon.
Something I am struggling with: Yesterday morning, I noticed that my tick bite had a circular, bullseye rash. Uh oh. So now I’m being treated for Lyme disease. I’m almost positive that I don’t have Lyme but STARI instead. Either way, finding the bullseye rash was a bit scary! I’ve been exhausted, but it’s hard to say if that is related to my tick disease or the fact that my infant won’t sleep.
Something I learned: I learned about STARI, including the fact that my sister had it several years ago.
Something I’m looking forward to: We might get to see Gabe’s basketball game tomorrow. He’s already injured himself twice in this league – a jammed thumb and a somewhat twisted ankle. Fortunately, both injuries have been minor.
Something random: It’s a good thing that the diagnosis between Lyme disease and STARI doesn’t really matter as the treatment is the same (antibiotics). I’m just glad that it isn’t the case that the treatment for one means certain death if misdiagnosed (like in an episode of House).
Something captured: We went to a special swim event at work for kids 4 years old and younger. Maddie and Cullen both seemed to enjoy it!
Others writing The Sunday Somethings: Audrey
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June 20th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Several years ago, I came down with a mysterious illness similar to meningitis. One of the tests they did on me was for Lyme Disease. It came up positive, even though I didn’t complain of a tick bite, aware of a tick bite, or even the bulls eye rash. They put me on antibiotics while running a second test, which came up negative. Despite the second test being negative, the dr. still believed I had Lyme disease. I do not.
I never heard of STARI so it’s interesting that you found something that I hadn’t heard of, since I thought I went through some pretty thorough research. But I think, because I never thought I had a tick bite, I skipped that and studied meningitis-like illnesses.
Good luck. I hope you get well soon. I can still “feel” the horribleness I felt when I was sick.