SHOTS!!

I think before we went to the doctors office on Friday that we should have all had a round of shots... not even for dealing with getting three kids flu shots, but to deal with how freakin' cold the waiting room was. ugh. it was cold out but seriously it was almost as cold inside as it was out.

Anyway... finally the day had arrived... the HIGHLY anticipated day of getting shots. They day they cried about... cried because they had to wait for it to come. They WANTED shots, they couldn't wait... they all wanted to get them ASAP!!

So on the way to the doctors office... I was asking who was going to go first... they all wanted go first... so instead of having a fight when we got in there I said we would go in age order... oldest to youngest. That was easy, plus I knew that Brooke was going to cry and I wanted her to go last so that the other two would still go without a problem.

We got called in... Trevor manned up and got right on the table before even being asked to... we took one arm out... and he took the shot like a champ! Which I knew he would. He is totally awesome about it. Once he got 4 shots and a blood draw and just sat there like it was nothing at all. He's the man. He is. :) He only said Ow. that was it. Then he got his bandaid... shirt back on and he was done.

Lauren got up there... cheesin' and so happy to be sitting up on the table. :) We took her arm out and she got a little nervous but not too bad. Bryan went along side her to hold her a little bit incase she decided to move around... she did great. She did cry some afterwards but it was short lived... by the time the nurse put the bandaid on she was done crying. :) She was the woman! She did as good as she could have!! :) I'm sure when she is 5 she'll be as good as Trevor.

Next was Brooke... she was crying before even getting on the table. I knew this. She watched the other two get their shots... and she was already not happy and nervous. She didn't want to sit on the table. But we put her up there. She didn't want Daddy... she wanted Mommy... so I went. She still fussed. She didn't want her shirt off her arm. She did it anyway... she was fussing and crying before the shot and then after the shot she was really crying. Tears and all. She was mad too. She was tense and made a muscle when she got the shot so she bled... she was the only one to bleed. We got a bandaid and her shirt back on. She cried till we left the waiting room, which was longer than our appointment to give the papers to the receptionist that we got from the nurse who did the shots. But when we got in the truck they were all fine.

They survived. They all said it wasn't too bad, except Brooke who said... "it hurtsed" with a little sad voice. Then Lauren agreed with her that it "hurted really bad". Trevor told them that it wasn't that bad and it was already over with.

So today the girls have 3 year old check ups and I'm pretty sure they are going to be getting shots again. Oh what fun. But they aren't crying or anything yet... they know they will most likely get shots so they are prepared. Lauren will go first again so Brooke won't scare the pooh out of Lauren with her crying.

AND today Grandpa will be going with us... so maybe it will be all good. We'll see. They are anxious to go to the doctors still so that is good. They have been asking me all morning when is it time to go. lol And even Trevor wanted to stay home from school today to go to the doctors, even if he had to get a shot he still wanted to go with us.

I can totally understand him wanting to stay home and not miss out on something. Although really he won't be missing out on much... we are only going to the doctors and that is it. Nothing else. Not lunch not anything fun. He will have a much better time at school and have a LOT more fun there.

That's all for now. I'll let you all know how we make out today!!

xoxoxo

Spread the LOVE...

Spread the love, NOT the germs!! Well it was inevitable. Trevor has had this terrible cold since last week... still does have it, poor little guy. Brooke was working on it... she has had it now for a few days. And, low and behold now Lauren has it too. Yesterday I took Trevor to the doctors, they said he was okay, just a common cold. So I'm sure that is what the girls have too. Trevor has been having fevers, Brooke none (yet) and Lauren just started her cold yesterday, but had a fever last night. :o( I hate when they are sick... I just feel so bad for them. They are all miserable and can't really tell me what they want to make them feel better or what is going on... well Trevor can, but even still he is only 4, he can't express it that great.
As I'm sitting here, Trevor is on the couch coughing and coughing. He coughed so much before he threw up... two times this morning this has happened. It breaks my heart. I have been trying everything for him, medicine, Vicks, hugs, kisses, love, no school, etc. I guess I'm going to put out his vaporizer today and see if that helps. I have a cool one and a hot one... I will put the hot one in his room because I know he won't touch it and put the cool one in the girls room... because I expect it to get dumped right over.
Lauren has another appointment today... we are going back to the practice of the doctor that we don't really like, but are seeing a different doctor. This only happened by accident. I was calling to say that I would really like a copy of the biopsy report and that myself or my husband would be in to pick it up yesterday or today, and the nurse asked if I would like to see Dr. S. I declined thinking I have seen enough drs. and PA's in that office that I would just wait to take her to Middletown on Monday. Then she said that he is only in once a month and is a dermatologist not a PA or anything (nothing against PA's out there reading this) and he comes up from the city once a month to work on their office... so if I wanted to see him another time, I would have to wait a month... so I decided to take the appointment. One more opinion, one more set of eyes. And, who knows this might be the doctor that tells us what is really going on with her. At least that is what I'm hoping and praying for. We'll see.
It is really crummy out today. I'm talking, depressingly crummy. It looks really cold and dreary and it is raining some and just YUCK!!! But, we will brave the crappy day and go to the doctors and make the best of it. Nothing else we can do. I'd love to stay home and just have a day of bumming out but duty calls and as of lately my duty is to taxi my kids to the doctors at least once a week... although it has been a lot more frequent than that. I just want healthy kids, so I will not stop at anything!!!
Okay, I guess I will stop typing this though, so that I can go jump in the shower and get some things ready for the girls to wake up and need breakfast and baths and getting dressed and Trevor too, and then shove them all in the truck and drive to Rock Hill again today. Which reminds me I also have to call Bryan and tell him the truck needs gas and see if he is meeting me at the doctors or maybe my dad will be going with us... Thank God for Grandpa and him being able to escort us to our many doctors appointments when Bryan can't go. :o)
I'll be back.... (maybe)

Updates all around.

So, we are home from the doctors. Trevor just has a common cold. His lungs sound clear, which is GREAT for all the horrible coughing he has been doing, and his ears look GREAT. I'm glad ear infections suck. He has only every had one mild ear infection, not even a full blown ear infection, red on one ear and fluid on the other, but we caught it in time. : ) And, he was under a year old. I'm glad it all checked out okay. Dr. G said if he continues into next week with temps, to bring him back just to see what it is, but he should be fine by then. ;o)

While we were there I mentioned Lauren, who was there with me too, and all that is going on with her and what the dermatologist said/thought and the biopsy report and all and Dr. G feels like the report can't just say "bug bites" it wouldn't be so random, it would be more specific and list some things to try or to look for. So she suggested getting a copy of the report, just for us to read and also to take with us to the doctor in Middletown. We are going on Monday to see Dr. Woolf. Not sure what we will think or what he will say, but it is another opinion and it can't hurt. My brother took my nephew there and didn't have anything bad to say about him. I guess he is old though and not a great bed/chair side manor, but I have dealt with that before, and will make the best of it. So anyway. I called the original dermatologist office to get a copy of the report. I spoke to the nurse there and she was very nice. She was going to have it ready for us to pick up this afternoon or tomorrow. I also mentioned to her about the Molluscum. She said that is something definite and would show up separate in the biopsy report but would I like to come in and see Dr. S. He is a dermatologist that comes up from the city and works in their office. It would be another pair of eyes and someone elses opinion on what is or could be going on with Lauren. At first I declined the offer only because I was thinking that I did the scabies treatment on Sunday night into Monday and it says to wait a week to see results and then I have the appointment on Monday in Middletown with the other doctor. So I told her that I would call back next week to set up an appointment with him if things weren't looking better. She told me that the doctor is only in once a month, if I didn't see him tomorrow I would have to wait a month to see him... so needless to say we are going to the dermatologist tomorrow. I hope we get some different answers from this guy.

Also... there is some light and hope at the end of this horrible tunnel... this very dear and generous friend of mine from the twinslist, Martha, wanted to send Lauren some Melaleuca products as a gift from her to see if they would help her out with itching and healing and getting rid of the scabies if that is what it is that is bothering her. I was so touched by her outreach and generosity. She is an amazing person and I hope that one day I can do a favor like this for her family or another family in need. Thank you Martha & family if you are reading this. You are in our hearts forever and we are extremely grateful for your wonderful spirit, generosity and thoughtfulness.

Well I'm going to make some grilled cheese sandwiches and some popcorn for lunch... I'll be back later... maybe.

And the race is on...

I'm only typing a few lines here because I have to get a move on. I have to be in Rock Hill in about 1 hr 15 mins. And, I have to get all three kids feed, cleaned up, possible baths all around and then dressed, out the door, in the truck, on the road, pick up my dad ~ who will help me at the doctors with Lauren & Brooke ~ and to the doctors for Trevor.

They are all eating now, and in a few minutes I'm going to go pick out everyone's clothes and then start getting them dressed or if time will allow give them all a quick wash down. I hate taking them any where, especially the doctors without a bath. My kids all have a bath/shower almost everyday. I know I like to bath everyday it makes you feel so good that I want them to feel good too. Plus they are all pretty mess, being that they are only 4 & 2 so they need regular baths.

I'm rambling and I really have to go get things ready. I'll be back later.

This will be quick...

This will be a quick post... we have got a very busy morning this morning... a lot of running around and things to do, and I would like to do them before it is nap time... so we are off to a semi-early start. : )
Anyway... we went to 2 doctors appointments yesterday... dermatologist and then the allergist. Back to back appointments, and with little results. : (
The (non-listening) dermatologist says that we have to treat her again for scabies... OK whatever!! But, we told him that no one else in the entire house has anything on them... NOT ONE SINGLE BITE!!! Not even Brooke, who shares a room, blankets, a bath, clothes, sometimes a bed, binky, sippy cup... you name it they share it... has a mark on her. So he says that Brooke could be the carrier... to keep her out of the room the night we do the treatment. Sooooooo IF Brooke is a carrier for the scabies... and this has been going on for about 3 months... then why oh why doesn't she have any marks... why isn't it affecting, infecting anyone else?? And, most importantly at this time... why the hell wouldn't we treat her?? DUH!! If she is the carrier, what is having her out of the room while we do the treatment going to do?? Absolutely nothing. Yep. So after talking to the wall, finally the doctor 1/2 way, some what, listened to me, and said "Treat the other one too." ~ the other one... what a freakin ass!! Just because they are twins, I guess Brooke is the other one to him. Jerk. But anyway... we are going to treat them tonight... that way in the morning Bryan can give them baths while I strip the bedding and start to wash it all ~ again, I just changed all their bedding and blankets on Wednesday. But that is okay, I am willing to try this ONE more time, and hope & pray that it will work. But when it doesn't man oh man is some one in for it. Bryan is beyond pissed off. Which I can't blame him at all. I am really not too happy either, but I bite my tongue a little bit, only because I want to figure it out now, and be pissed later at the doctor. But anyway... he has had enough of them not listening to us and also just guessing at what the hell the problem is.
At the allergist appointment it went better, but we didn't get any answers either. We LOVE Dr. Du... he is just amazing!! He is so friendly and talks to us and actually listens to us... it is wonderful. He has been a HUGE help through out all of this... I'm so glad that we went to see him. Unfortunately he doesn't know what to do for Lauren any more. We tried the antibiotics, and the steroid... it did make a small difference but not a huge improvement like we were hoping for. He did tell us to try the scabies treatment, although he really knows that isn't what is going on with her, and if in 2-3 wks she is still having this going on to come back and we can try another round of steroids. So I guess we shall see.
I'm disgusted with this whole situation and I just want her to get better.
I have to run now... not literally... those of you that know me would think that is pretty funny... those of you who don't really know me can laugh too... just b/c. : ) I'll be back later... maybe. I hope. I really want to post a bunch of pictures on here that are starting to get really old... we'll see how nap time goes.

And, The Results Are....

And, the results are for Lauren's biopsy, that they are "bug bites of some sort". I don't even know what to do with this information.
I can't believe that they are bug bites for a lot of reasons.... but I also can't believe they are bug bites and we have put her through all this crap. A biopsy and steroids and antibiotics and all this.
I think that everyone around us is in the same shock/disbelieve/awe of the results. Not that any one of us wanted something to be wrong with her... we didn't at all. Nothing. Not even something not serious, and definitely not something serious. BUT, at the same time, we were hoping for some sort of an answer, something that we could treat. I guess bug bites are treatable. But, what kind of bug bites are they?
We have an appointment today, now, with the dermatologist at 2:45PM and then another appointment after that with the allergist at 3:45PM so I guess some where along the line we may get some answer for what to do about this and what they actually think it is. I know that the dermatologist office mentioned scabies... again. We have already done the treatment for that... even when we knew/thought that there was no way in hell it was scabies. We did it just to prove to them that we tried it and it didn't work we need to go in a different direction. Well it seems like out different direction has lead us back to the same crap.
I know some of you reading this are saying... well if they said scabies and then you treated it and had a biopsy and they are saying scabies again, then maybe it is... maybe you didn't treat it right the first time. BUT, no one else in the entire family has anything on them... not even ONE mark... and scabies is highly contagious.
I just want to make her better. That is all. Bottom line... no matter what it is.

I'm Really Glad...

I'm really glad that I got some comments on my page. I know that there are a bunch of people who read my blog, but don't ever comment on the blog page, they send me private emails, or just tell me about things they read ~ which is totally fine, but I love to see that I asked for some feed back from the readers and got some! Thank you very much for that, and if there is anyone else that would like to comment please feel free to do so.
I really do this blog to have a way to get rid of some stress/anxiety and just to keep everyone informed and updated about our lives and what is going on around us, but it is nice to get some feed back once in a while about what I post. : )
Speaking of updates and all that... today is the day we get Lauren's biopsy results back. I have to call them at 9:00 AM. Which is soon! Then we can see what we are going to do next with her treatment or lack there of. She was on a few meds to see if we could get things cleared up... and although at first they showed great hope... they didn't work. She was on Cephalexin ~ antibiotic for 7 days 1/2 tsp twice a day & Prednisolone ~steroid for 9 days ~ YUCK. And, she continues to be on Zyrtec 1/2 tsp every morning and then Hydroxyzine 1/2 tsp every night. A lot of medication for a little girl. : ( I feel horrible having to pump her full of meds, but at the same time I want to make her better. I want this problem to have an end and be fixed for her. I'm sick of it and at the same time, I'm sure she has had enough too. :(
Anyway... I guess this is all for now... I'm going to go make some breakfast and call the doctors office to see what is going on. I'll be back in a little while, crocodile!! : )

Quick update....

So yeah. I re-read the post that I did the other day about my dream... and realized I should have proof read it before posting it... but oh well it is out there now, I'm not too worried. I will get to editing it sooner or later... I was typing it while doing a million and one other things, that is why it is totally unorganized and poorly written, not that everything on here is perfectly written or well thought out... kinda like this post. But anyway... I will get to fix that some time.
As for now, I just wanted to post a quick update about things going on here, and about Lauren.
Last Thursday we went to Dr. Fishman, who I have now come to find out is a complete ass aka not a good doctor. But, I found this out after I took her. He was okay to us there. Not overly friendly but he isn't there to be our friend, he is there to doctor Lauren. So anyway, he did a biopsy, I will leave the details of it for another time. We will get the results in two weeks, seems kind of long for me, but I guess there isn't anything we can do but wait. So we should be hearing something back from them on or around November 8th.
Today, Tuesday, Lauren has an appointment with Dr. Du, the allergist that recommended seeing a dermatologist. It has been two weeks since he saw Lauren last and just wanted to do a follow up/check up to see how things are going with her and the appointment to the dermatologist. ** Side note, he did NOT recommend Dr. Fishman ** We had to find some one that took our insurance. UHHHHHH... let's not talk about it. Anyway, we are headed there in a little bit, and see what he has to say and what he thinks of all that has been going on with her.
So we are at a little bit of a stand still with her for now, but at least we are in constant communication with the allergist, Dr. Du (whom we absolutely adore) and her pediatrician, Dr. Gapud, (whom we are fond of and no longer think is a bloody idiot). : )
I'm sure there will be some more updates on Lauren to come.
As for the rest of our lives, we are busy, but maybe finally calming down some. We went to Heather's bday party on Saturday night, it was really fun, they had it decorated so AWESOME!!! The costumes that everyone did were freakin' great!! : ) Loved it!! Then everyone went to Dutches' afterwards while we came home with our three children... can you tell we were feeling sorry for ourselves, or at least I was. It wasn't so bad, to come home I mean. I love my kids and wouldn't trade them for the world, but to be care free once in a while again would be nice too. But that is another topic for another time. : ) And, really I do get to be carefree once in a while thanks to my wonderful parents who baby-sit for us all the times we ask them to, and some times for days a clip. : ) (thanks, mom and dad)
This week Trevor is having a Halloween parade at school and a party on Wednesday, which is Halloween day... then of course we are going trick-or-treating. Which we have to work out the details of that. : )
So that is all for now, I have to get us ready to go the doctors. I'll be back.

Green Green Green!

Yesterday Trevor had a GREEN day all day!! :) We were so happy for him! Green day = Good day! He hasn't been being naughty in his class, but there are about 8 boys, and they are crazy! No other way to put it. They are all happy, and they all get along really, really, REALLY well! Maybe too well. They are loud, and rough house, and laugh and poke one another and say things that any four year old little boy would laugh at, like 'poopy-ball' and things like that. They are not bad children, but they are WILD children, and they don't always listen as well as they should. BUT my little man had a great day all day long, with no warnings, no time-outs nothing. I'm very proud of him! He is a really smart little guy, I'm sure he will figure out this whole school thing soon. : )

Today is the BIG day we take Lauren to see Dr. Fishman... who I hope will be better then his PA and more into checking her out and not just throwing a random diagnosis at us. But we shall see. Bryan is going to be able to meet me there, so maybe that will help me stand up and say what I really want them to do. Although I have a BIG mouth... for those of you that know me, you aren't surprised, but anyway, although I can be loud and say what I think, when it comes down to standing up to people I'm not always the best at it. I don't like conflict... I mean who does? But this is different, this is about my daughter, this isn't about me, so I think the BEAST will be unleashed if they don't do something today. I will be nice at first because I think that is the best first approach at the situation, but then after that, I will just have be more aggressive and stronger and if need be a bitch.

She has a ton more "marks" on her. Since the treatment on Thursday night. She is covered on one leg, well almost covered and then on her shoulders she has some on and on her neck, her side and her thighs. I'm just sick of seeing her be uncomfortable. It isn't fair. And I'm really concerned that this could be something serious. I try to keep my mind from those thoughts, but it continuously wanders there. I can't help but think that. I lay awake at night and go through a million and one different thoughts of what this could be. I just pray that it isn't anything damaging or long lasting, or horrible. Well more horrible then it has been to her already. Thankfully it doesn't seem to affect her health. She is very healthy, thank God, other than the "marks". Trevor and Brooke are very healthy too, so that is good.

Well enough rambling, at least for now. I'm going to try to post some pictures, while Brooke and Lauren are sitting so sweet together watching Dora! : )

Talking about Talking!

Brooke and Lauren have been talking up a storm lately! It is really cool! Trevor talked a lot at this age too, probably even more because he was an only child at that point, well I guess he was a big brother already at the age the girls are now, but anyway, he talked earlier on.
Well, today Lauren and Brooke were eating their breakfast, in the living room. {I know I know, not a good habit to start or let them do... oh well!}
And, Lauren came to me, asking for some more breakfast. She actually said...
"Mommy, I need more toast. Brookie too! Brookie need more toast too!"
I love it! Where did she learn to use "too"?
Then I gave her some more french toast sticks, and then went in the living room to ask Brooke if she wanted some more to eat. And she said...
"Nah... I good"
How funny is that?? That is totally something Trevor would say! {a little better but same concept}
So I asked her again, "Are you sure you don't want some more to eat, Brookie"
and she said...
"Nah, I good. No more breakfast. Mommy look Ego {Diego} on!"

They are just getting too big. I can't believe how well they put things into sentences these days. Brooke is always asking "Where is MY.... " And she will ask for her blanket, binky, her Trevor, her Daddy, her Lauren, anything... but she says it in a sentence form. Of course with Brooke there always has be the MY in there, she is very possessive.
Lauren has been talking a little longer then Brooke, but they are almost even now with the amount of words they use and say and how many they can string together. Lauren maybe is a little easier to understand, but Brooke is pretty good.

Just now Brooke came to me and said... "Where MY toast?" I guess she changed her mind. LOL

Well anyway, I better get going and do some things around here. We have another busy day today. I have to pick Trevor up from school at 1, so he can come home and have a nap with the girls before we all get ready and go off to the doctors at 4:30 & 5 PM today. The girls have their 2 year check up appointments and I'm going to see {hopefully} if everyone can get a flu shot. Then we have book fair at Trevor's pre-school tonight also. Busy, busy, busy!!
That is all for now. I'll be back. I have some pics to post still.

My Doctor is a Bloody Idiot!!

Yeah. She is. Really. Well, not my doctor, but the kids pediatrician is freakin bloody idiot!!!

She has worked out well for us in the past because my children are rarely, well really never, ever sick. So we just primarily go for check ups and an occasional thing.

I think Trevor has been on antibiotics one time, and he was little, under one year old. And thank God, he hasn't been on one again. He has had a few minor colds, some that lasted a while, but still minor, one or two stomach viruses but nothing major, nothing more then 24 hours actually, and one time he kept spiking fevers of 103.6, so we took him to Urgent care. But that was just a virus, we had to give him Tylenol and Motrin and eventually he felt better. They couldn't tell us anything more then it was a virus. Whatever! Some times I really hate doctors!! I mean really. What the hell did you go to school so freakin long for and spend all that money on?? And, for me to spend all my money on seeing you, for you to just tell me it is a "virus". That is all. Just a virus. What kind of virus? We don't know. A virus. It is viral. ~ Wow. Super genius. I think I could diagnose people better then that with no medical education or training.
Anyway. The girls have never been on antibiotics, except for Lauren this Summer. She got bite by something and itched it. She had it so opened up and raw that she got an infection in her cells. She was on antibiotics for 7 days and then was fine.

Generally though they are in EXCELLENT health. Thank the Lord above!!

So for our regular check ups and shots and all that she was working out fine. The office is close, they have everything there, labs, x-ray, my OBGYN, Bryan's PCP, sonogram machines, everything. One stop shopping. BUT now that we have had a small problem with Lauren, she has proven herself totally inadequate to handle anything more then just a "well check-up". Lauren has marks all over her body. Welts, I guess you can call them, and they itch her and she scratches them, and then once she does that they are open wounds and bleed and puss, and then they form a scab that she then picks, and it takes a while for them to go away, but then never totally go away, because new ones are always coming. She has them on her head, in her hair, on her face, on her neck, back, arms, chest, tush, legs, feet, toes, hands, fingers, every where you can imagine she has a "boo-boo". So I took her to the doctors to see what she thought, and to see what we can do to make this better. She is covered in welts, scabs and scars. Not fun for her. : ( She is always itching and complaining that they hurt her. She even asks for medicine on them.

You know how most children get lotion on them after their baths, well not Lauren, she gets a lovely mixture of Cortaid and triple-antibiotic ointment. Still things are not getting any better. I feel horrible. I was trying so many things at home thinking it would get better and clear up. But, it hasn't. So now I feel like I have dragged this out for her, that I prolonged this uncomfortableness for her. I didn't mean to. I really thought I was doing things to make her better.

So, finally I took her to the doctors. We go in and she asks me what I think is going on. I say that I guess it is bug bites, because I can't imagine what else it could be. She just takes my word on it. She never even looked over her body, at all. She briefly looked at one of her arms, which is the least of the "infected" area. She was ready to dismiss us, when I said that I wanted her on some sort of medicine to help her clear up or get rid of this and make her feel better. She said nothing would really make it go away, but she would give me Zyrtec to see if that would help with the itchiness and get her to stop itching and picking at them. She only gave me 1 oz of it. Lauren needed to have 1/2 a tsp so it lasted me about 6 days. GREAT. Yeah. I know. After 6 days of a new medicine how could you not see any results??? DUH!! I don't know what the hell she was thinking or if she was even thinking. She didn't even want a follow up appointment.

So, I was on the phone with another M.O.M ~ you know Mom of Multiples ~ she has triplet boys, they are 4!! So she was saying that maybe it was a food allergy, so I was thinking that maybe it was. So I called the ped office and asked for the doctor to call me back that I wanted to talk to her about Lauren and the "welts" she has on her. I wanted to know if they could maybe be a food allergy or some other sort of allergy.

She never did call me back, her nurse did, which I guess is all right, I know she is busy. But, anyway, the nurse said (actually, she read off a piece of paper) that the doctor says that it is NOT any kind of allergy that it is bug bites, the symptoms that she saw today, that the patient presented were bug bites, nothing more. ~ So I said to the nurse, well I think, they are something else. Can we come in and maybe have some blood work done on her or something. I don't feel like they could really just be bug bites. And she said, the doctor isn't going to do anything more, because she feels that they are only bug bites. So I asked if I could take her to an allergist, and if she would give me the name of the allergist in the professional building there. She did and I called and made an appointment with him.

We saw him today. My dad went with us, thank God I didn't have to take both girls by myself. Plus then my dad could hear what the doctor had to say and what his opinion was, and if need be voice his opinion of the situation.

Things went great today. First of all I want to say that I love Dr. Du. He was freakin' AWESOME! His nurse was super sweet and friendly and they were just very attentive to Lauren and just a pleasure to deal with and meet.

Dr. Du, after many questions and fully, I mean FULLY examining Lauren, said first of all that they are NOT and I repeat NOT, no way, no how, bug bites, insect bites, bed bug bites, flea bites, nothing like that. (duh!! that was what we were trying to tell Dr. G the ped dr.) But he also ruled out an allergic reaction to something. And it isn't from stress or anything like that. He suggested that we see a dermatologist, immediately and find out the underlying cause for what is going on with her. He said he could give her meds that would make it all better, but it would only treat it, not cure it. He would like to find out the reason for her having all these 'welts'. I do too! I have been saying that all along. I don't want something to be wrong with her, but I want to know what is going on, and find a way for us to treat it so that she gets better and no longer has to deal with this. It is horrible.

So we are seeing a dermatologist on Thursday at 2pm. And I guess we will go from there. Also Dr. Du wanted a follow up with us in two weeks to see how Lauren is doing and to see what the dermatologist said. He also suggested that they do a biopsy on the 'welts' that she has to gather some information about them.

I really hope and pray that it isn't anything major, but I really want some sort of answer. I'm anxious for the appointment and can't wait to see what he has to say. At the same time I'm nervous and thinking the worse, a little bit. I guess that is just what mothers do. I'm also feeling guilty that I hadn't done something sooner. I guess that is another mothers trait to feel guilty and always second guess yourself. : (

Also, tomorrow we have the girls two year check up appointments with Dr. G. I think tomorrow will be the day that I tell her we are no longer going to be seeing her any more.

There is another pediatrician there Dr. Bacarus that I think we will try out, I have seen him one time when Trev had a long lasting cold that I was wondering if it could be allergies, although he didn't have any severe symptoms, I was worried about him. (remember he was my first) :D

I liked him a lot and he did GREAT with Trevor. So we will see.

Well that is all for now. I have to round up the group and see what everyone is doing. I hear them playing in the living room.

You would not believe how long it took me to type this. Wow! I should have just waited for the girls to go to bed, and Trev to be watching some tv before bed. BUT I started when they were all coloring at the table after dinner and then Trevor was playing with cars, then the girls joined him, then they were all over the place.

Anyway, I will keep everyone posted on what is going on with Lauren. Please everyone keep good thoughts for us, and for her, that we will find out the cause of this and get her treatments to make her all better and back to good health. Thank you.