It's been an exciting 24 hours and time for a blog post. Last night Anke arrived in Portland and sniffed the heck out of the apartment. She brought her friends Weegee and the turtles. Everyone got a celebratory snack for making the long trip and then Anke promptly had an accident on the carpet. Despite the mess, it's very nice to finally have the family back together.
Why is Weegee here? We have a guest who has promised to blog. Jena flew in with me while Mooga drove her car. We are leaning on her for our house design. We had a final inspection today and with luck we'll close next week. It will be a huge relief to actually own the house we are so emotionally invested in.
We are still living with rented furniture, so to get ready for the move, we spent the long Memorial Day weekend in Denver garage sale-ing. We were able to unload the dining table and chairs, a half-broken TV, and lots and lots of baby clothes. Boy did that feel good.
After being in Portland for three months, we weren't ready for Denver's weather. As soon as we stepped off the plane Mooga started sneezing and his hay fever didn't stop until he left. He hasn't really had any allergies in Oregon. I ended up getting nicely dehydrated and a little sunburn during the garage sale, which makes perfect sense because the sun rarely peeks out of the clouds here.
With such a busy week, I was exhausted by Friday afternoon, only to get a call from Mooga that Esme accidentally ingested a peanut. She ate a cookie sample at a grocery store. Here's the play-by-play:
- Eats cookie
- Lips swell
- Mooga buys Benadryl (Luckily they were in a store)
- She feels fine
- They get home and she vomits like crazy
- She starts coughing
- Mooga heads to ER (Luckily Jena was here to be with Auden & the dogs)
- Gina meets Mooga at ER
- Esme has hives all over her body and face. She sounds wheezy.
- The doctor gives her Benadryl and wants to give her an epi shot.
- Someone comes in needing 50 stitches.
- By the time the nurses get the medicine, Esmes' hives are nearly gone and we go home.
Lessons learned: We've gotten lucky again. ALWAYS carry benadryl and the epi pen (we had been getting lazy). Per doctor as soon as we see a hive - administer the pen.
She is ok and now she knows that samples can be dangerous. Tough lesson for a kid to learn.
Why is Weegee here? We have a guest who has promised to blog. Jena flew in with me while Mooga drove her car. We are leaning on her for our house design. We had a final inspection today and with luck we'll close next week. It will be a huge relief to actually own the house we are so emotionally invested in.
We are still living with rented furniture, so to get ready for the move, we spent the long Memorial Day weekend in Denver garage sale-ing. We were able to unload the dining table and chairs, a half-broken TV, and lots and lots of baby clothes. Boy did that feel good.
After being in Portland for three months, we weren't ready for Denver's weather. As soon as we stepped off the plane Mooga started sneezing and his hay fever didn't stop until he left. He hasn't really had any allergies in Oregon. I ended up getting nicely dehydrated and a little sunburn during the garage sale, which makes perfect sense because the sun rarely peeks out of the clouds here.
With such a busy week, I was exhausted by Friday afternoon, only to get a call from Mooga that Esme accidentally ingested a peanut. She ate a cookie sample at a grocery store. Here's the play-by-play:
- Eats cookie
- Lips swell
- Mooga buys Benadryl (Luckily they were in a store)
- She feels fine
- They get home and she vomits like crazy
- She starts coughing
- Mooga heads to ER (Luckily Jena was here to be with Auden & the dogs)
- Gina meets Mooga at ER
- Esme has hives all over her body and face. She sounds wheezy.
- The doctor gives her Benadryl and wants to give her an epi shot.
- Someone comes in needing 50 stitches.
- By the time the nurses get the medicine, Esmes' hives are nearly gone and we go home.
Lessons learned: We've gotten lucky again. ALWAYS carry benadryl and the epi pen (we had been getting lazy). Per doctor as soon as we see a hive - administer the pen.
She is ok and now she knows that samples can be dangerous. Tough lesson for a kid to learn.
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