E hit the 8 month mark just a few days ago. Since she's got all of the stuff she needs, we decided to celebrate with an experiential gift instead: a trip to the pediatrician. Actually, it was just an unfortunate coincidence and not a mean-spirited present. Edie rang in the new month with the first illness she's ever contracted and an itchy chin rash as well. Nervous new parents that we are, we lasted about 4 days of sniffles before we thought professional advice was in order.
Our regular pediatrician was on vacation, so we had to see someone else. New guy walked into the exam room and, not terribly surprisingly, started speaking German. Will asked whether he spoke English. He looked at Will seriously and said in German, "How is your German?" to which Will replied, in German, "Not very good. I speak a little." Then doctor said "Okay. We will do this in German then." And after an awkward pause, the doctor said in perfect English "Just kidding!" Everyone's a comedian, eh?
Will and I tried to sound very serious as we described Edie's symptoms, symptoms that seemed less and less severe as we said them out loud. "Uh. She sniffs. I heard her cough this morning." They also seemed less severe as E proceeded to roll over again, and again, on the exam table, while babbling at and reaching for everything in sight. After listening to her lungs and checking her throat, he concluded that she had a little cold. Not exactly the stuff of medical journal publications or House episodes.
As for the rash, it was chalked up to her messy eating. Doc threw me a bone and said that it was itchy, and since there was a small chance it could get infected if it didn't heal, it was good I brought her in. Quite charitable of him. And so, with a Rx for some low-dose cortisone in hand, somehow our little patient survived the trip home and still soldiers on today.
The picture was done with my webcam, capturing E's favorite hobby: sock removal and attempted consumption. There are many soggy socks about these days. The sepia tone gives her sock chewing a quaint air of nostalgia, doesn't it?
Heh! Too funny. Maybe the chin rash is from the sock eating...
ReplyDeleteYes, Jen is right. Maybe she is allergic to socks and that's why she rips them off.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that E is getting over colds without letting her parents scare her too much. The sock chewing looks professional.
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