Re: stitches and high fat snacks

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Jen,

Actually, I do find it hard to believe that only two

of your kids have had stitches! Of course, they are

young yet. ;\

I'm pretty sure the dr. is going to think I'm crazy if

I ask for the " cocaine jelly, " she thought it odd that

I asked for the antibiotic by brand name (Zithro, Levi

isn't culturing anything right now that we know of, so

I don't have to worry about pseudo, at least, although

as he was drooling off his " bulldog lip " I wondered

about the traveling germs). Obviously, this is a new

family dr. for us. Our former ped. (who specialized

in pediatrics and neurology) switched to just

neurology and referred all his patients out. It's

just as well, when I had told him that Levi has been

dxed with cf, he put his hand on my shoulder and said,

" Well, you realize that he will require more care than

your other children, but I think that with his

specialists we will be able to manage his care. " Not

very optimistic.

Drat! I got sidetracked there didn't I?

We are having trouble keeping the site clean. The

fact that he is 2.5 and not very concerned with table

ettequitte (sp?) plus the difficulty of keeping his

fingers OFF the wires sticking out of his face (!) has

made me thing that there is no way this is going to

heal quickly. We don't have to worry about food

getting under a bandage, though, because he picks the

bandages off as soon as I put them on. The

instructions from the e.r. say to keep them " dry. "

Yeah, right! Before or after the mashed potatoes get

smeared into them???

I did take the other two kids, plus husband to the

emergency room for our Friday Night Out. (haha!) The

older two immediately sat in the corner of the room

and put their hands over their ears. (Guess they had

the situation figured out!) So I sent them out with

Daddy to wait in the jeep until Levi was finished.

I wonder if the slower healing is a result of the

salty skin?

Did I mention that he snagged his stitches on Chey's

sleeping bag when we got home from the e.r.???

I cannot envision taking stitches out of a sleeping

child. Of course, you probably couldn't have, either,

a month before you did it.

How is Mallory doing??

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Someone mentioned yogurt made with whole milk. Did

you know you could make your own yogurt? I have a

recipe somewhere if anyone's interested. ***note: it

is not a " quick fix " kind of recipe, it involves

keeping the yogurt mixture in a warm place several

hours to incubate. If you've made bread from scratch

before, the yogurt would be a snap.

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I need to hit the sack!

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