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I'll start with an update on Tate's condition... he is off all 4 meds for now... not because he doesn't need them, but because he broke out in a rash all over his face and limbs on Sunday after church. I called the pediatrician's weekend clinic to see if they just wanted me to discontinue Tate's newest medicine, the erythromycin, assuming it was an allergic reaction. They asked me to go ahead and come in, they wanted to make sure Tate was in fact having an allergic reaction and not something different. Because his rash wasn't raised like hives/welts, and it wasn't itchy, the pediatrician didn't think it was an allergic reaction to his medication. He actually thought it was Fifth Disease, since they have seen some of that lately. The rash wasn't on his cheeks at that time, and that's usually one of the prominent places to see it, so he wasn't positive that's what it was either. So his instructions were to discontinue the erythromycin just in case, until we could talk to the pediatric GI doctor. Tate's rash was supposed to last 1 to 3 weeks if it was Fifth, but it's all but gone already. I'm supposed to call the GI nurse back when it's completely gone... we may give him another dose of erythromycin and see if the rash comes back. Seems like it's been one thing after another lately! We go in for an upper GI barium swallow on Tuesday morning... hopefully it'll be the last test for a while. The GI nurse told us to discontinue all meds for now. 


So yesterday, I took Tate to look for new glasses. His surgeon requested that we get a sturdier frame, and his pediatric opthamologist gave him a prescription for his left lens.... it's a minus lens (-3.00) that will make his left eye appear the same size as his right. The size is a lot closer since we got his eye adjusted, but it's still a little bigger, and if Mr Boyd takes off anymore, Tate's eyelid may start to droop. His right eye is still doing well and doesn't need a prescription.    


We've had some pretty warm weather around here lately, so the boys and I have been staying inside. So we're leaving yesterday to go get Tate's glasses, and as we step outside for the first time, Tate says "What is this? A desert?" We're super thankful for air conditioning these days, that's for sure. 


After a mere 2 and a half hours and a few potty breaks, we finally decided on 2 pairs of glasses for Tate... I picked one and he picked one. That's about the best compromise I seem to get with my stubborn sweet 5-year-old. I'll post some photos soon. We pick them up tonight!


Noah started a summer hip hop dance class at a local dance studio this week. He LOVED it. I've been telling him for a while now that I wanted him to take one to see if he liked it. He's always dancing around, making up moves, making up songs... I thought this would be a perfect fit for him. It's also cool to see him doing something that's just for him. It's not like church activities, camp, or soccer that all our boys do... it's something only for Noah. It's amazing to see how different the three boys are. And he's already told me that he wants to sign up for the class that runs through the school year, and I can't wait to see what he does with it.