Marci's 1st Eye Exam

Marci had been complaining of her eyes being blurry...or hurting for the past week.  Her teacher even sent me a text saying that she had complained to her about it also.  So, I made her an eye appt for Friday with Dr. Elvin Fenton at Texarkana Eye Associates.  Dr. Fenton and his wife Mindy are good friends of ours...we were in the same "Prepared Childbirth" class when I was pregnant with Trace and Mindy was pregnant with their son, Bailey.  Trace and Bailey go to school together and it's neat to know that we've known them since they were both babies! ;)  Anyway...back to Marci....she did really well at her appointment.  They had to dilate her eyes, which is never any fun...but she was a trooper!  Dr Fenton said that she is slightly near-sighted...but not enough to really justify glasses at this point.  He even said she might outgrow it....FINGERS CROSSED!  I had to document the occassion with pictures, of course...

...and Marci had to get behind the camera...so this is ME...waiting, along with her, for the dilation process! :)

...and Paige.  She ran fever 102 on Thursday with no other symptoms...she was fine on Friday...but Saturday came down with this rash...I believe it to be "Fifth Disease"...but the rash on her hiney became very inflamed and raised...so we took her in to see the doctor...and he said it could be staph...and if it wasn't yet...it could turn that way quickly...so we are on antibiotic.  It seems like in the past month, we've made up for a whole year of wellness by being sick all at one time with her.  Poor baby!!!
The dog is finally finished with his  antibiotic dose...I just finished an antibiotic dose for sinus infection...and now here I go again...whew!