Feels like a Monday..

(The first part was written on Tuesday)

Today feels like a Monday and for good reason, it is my Monday. I was off work yesterday after having to take Makenzie to the doctor. Kenzie has been battling some sort of diaper rash for about 3 months now that will go away only for a couple days and then come back with a vengance. I had taken her to the doctor last Thursday but had no answers as the rash was having one of it's better days so the doctor was not able to see it in all of it's glory. Well, on Saturday morning I was changing her diaper and noticed a spot on the back of her knee that looked like ring worm. I put some anti-fungal cream on it Saturday morning and night and then Sunday morning and night but it did not seem to be helping. (This is the second time she has had this) So I decided to take her back to the doctor yesterday morning to have it checked out and since the diaper rash was rearing it's ugly head again then maybe we could up with an answer on that as well. After looking at her leg the doctor did say that she thought it could be ringworm (which by the way, is not a worm at all) and since the cream was not working we are to try an oral anti-fungal med that has to be taken 2x a day for 4 weeks! Yikes, that is a lot of medicine. Kenzie also had to have blood drawn to get a baseline for her kidney and liver functions since the medicine can be harsh on them. That was not fun but the nurse was amazing and Kenzie handled it as well as any 17 month old would. Now, if the medicine does not work then we have to go back for more test to see if she has something called Nummular or Discoid Eczema which can very closely resemble ringworm and a lot of times be mistaken for ringworm. As far as the diaper rash goes the doctor rambled off some terms that I can not remember but we are trying a new prescription strength cream and see how that does.

I'm back...It is now Thursday. Got busy sorry.
Back to the update and about our weekend. Kylie spent the weekend with Mema & Papa (my grandparents) and had a blast. Friday night they took her to Red Lobster (which she loves even though she only eats chicken fingers there!) and Saturday night they went to some friends of their's for dinner. Sunday Rian and I and Makenzie went up for dinner and to pick Kylie up. Friday night we went to our friends house and spent the weekend with them and watched Georgia beat LSU (right? that is who they played?) Anyway...it was a nice weekend and it was fun to be with everyone again since we had spent a couple weekends at home! This week has been good and I can't believe tomorrow is already Friday, the last day of October, and Halloween! Where is the time going? I am excited about this weekend, we have a couple of things on the burner since Monday is my birthday but I will let you know about it next week because I am not exactly sure what we will end up doing! We found out yesterday that my dad might be going to Italy next week which he is excited about. My dad used to travel a lot and I don't mean around the country for a couple days. He traveled the world for weeks and sometimes months. He has been to every continent I believe except Antarctica! If I am correct her has been to places in Africa, India, Iceland, Russia, Australia, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, and Dubai to name a few! He gave up traveling a while ago but has always said that he would like to do it every once in a while if given the opportunity and he gets to decide if he wants to go or not. There are several places that he has said he will never go back to! I can only imagine! Ok...I rambling now. Not sure there is too much else to mention today so I will leave you now and I hope that everyone has a very wonderdul, spooky Halloween and a wonderful weekend!

On a side note, I have decided to start ending my posts with a quote and since Monday is my birthday and I am another year older I thought it only fitting for this one:

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln

How true and an adaptation that I have heard and love is:
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away!" - or something to that effect!