It's Me Again

....back to the doctor.

On Wednesday evening, August 12th, we were at church sorting a mountain of school supplies that had been donated by our church members. That following Saturday, August 15th, we were having a free community movie night and giving away school supplies to all students (2yrs-college).

Aidyn was getting fussy, so we decided to put his shoes on him and let him play in the church walker. At that time, he didn't have socks or anything on....and his feet looked fine. This was probably around 7:30pm.

The next day, Thursday, August 13th, when I picked Aidyn up from my mother-in-law's...his feet were covered in little blisters that almost looked like big misquitoe bites. Well, until you saw his left foot and noticed that it was a straight line like a burn. Weird! He had gone to bed Wednesday night with socks on. (Since he always ends up kicking his blanket off, I like to put to bed in footed PJs or socks.) So anyways, I didn't think to check his feet Thursday morning. I just left the socks on and sent him on his way.

Apparently, late that afternoon, when the babysitter took his socks off so that he could get some traction when playing at her house in the walker, she noticed the spots also. She thought bug bites as well...until she pulled the other sock off and saw the stripe. Then she also thought burn.

I ended up calling the dr and they were able to fit us into a "walk-in" appointment at 7:00pm. Great, I guess. We only waited about 15 minutes in the waiting room, since I was early, and that was just enough time for Aidyn to eat his bottle. However...since there is only 1 dr oncall in the evenings, it takes forever to be seen. Aidyn was WONDERFUL in the little room while he waited. We played with everything in his diaper bag and my purse. We played with all of the books and magazines in the room. He ate his squash, ha (anything to keep him occupied). We played with the camera...as you'll see. And after waiting in that room for an HOUR, and no fussing at all, he began to get annoyed.

As you can tell, he wasn't hurting or bothered by the "blisters". And he definately was having fun when I pulled the camera out to play. He knows what to do as soon as you hold it up! hahaha

Luckily, we knew the nurse working that night (her son attends our youth group) and she allowed us to go back out into the waiting room and roam the halls. By this time it was 8:15pm and the only people out there were the janitors. It was almost our turn, and so when it was, the dr came and got us. I was glad they let us walk around. He had been so good.

But, to make a LONG story short, we never came to any conclusion of what the spots were on his feet. He isn't walking, so he didn't step on anything. He isn't EVER near anything hot to be burned...and if he was, wouldn't he have screamed and cried? It wasn't anything from a bath because it was Thursday night and we had forgotten his Wednesday night bath...so he hadn't bathed since Saturday. (Terrible parents, I know! ha) And it wasn't new laudry detergent because we also hadn't dont laundry in over a week, haha. It's a wonder he wasn't nasty when we went, haha.

The dr was just as a baffled as we were. But, she ended up giving us this ointment-like cream to put on his feet twice a day. By the next morning, the spots were clearing up already. Within a week, they had totally cleared except for a small dot (like a zit) on the bottom, but it was clear. Strange. The spots are completely gone now and we still have no idea what it was.

Due to his skin, not eating, and feet...that was our 4th appointment within 3 weeks. Luckily, that has been 2 weeks and we haven't been back yet. Although, we do go for his dermatologist appointment this coming Thursday about his skin. Hopefully (like I keep saying) I'll remember to take some pictures before we go.