Day +529: Isaac's sore toe
Isaac did a number on his big toe Sunday night. I didn't see it happen, but I heard a thump and Isaac screaming. We have a foot-high speaker on the floor next to our TV, and I think he was trying to climb it. He's been way into climbing lately and he's totally fearless, so we've been fearing an accident. I think he put his knee on the speaker, it fell over onto his toe with his knee and his full body weight on top of it. His toenail immediately turned black and he screamed bloody murder for at least 20 minutes. He finally calmed down, but when he looked at the speaker he started crying again. Then he was awake for two hours in the middle of the night until the Tylenol finally kicked in. Poor guy.
He bumped it again on Monday, and the kids were telling me the story this morning at breakfast. Isaac told me he had a new owie, and both Isaac and Mina insisted that a soft Elmo toy was the culprit. It didn't make any sense, until I finally figured out that he must have bumped his sore toe against Elmo's plastic eyeball. That seemed to have lifted the toenail just enough to let some of the blood out, so it probably helped. His toe was still kind of swollen this morning, and Keri and I had just decided that she should take him to the doctor. Then I put down, and he immediately ran three or four steps over to the couch with a big grin on his face. We said, "OK, maybe he doesn't need to go to the doctor after all."
Grandma Judy is in the hospital after some surgery Tuesday. She had a rough first day and night because they couldn't find any pain medication she could keep down, but they finally found the right combination and she's doing better now. She's due to come home today and will have to take it easy for a while, but the doctors anticipate no long term effects so she should be climbing and skiing again in a couple of months. The kids called her yesterday morning in the hospital and sang the ABC song, which is their latest.
Both the kids have colds. Isaac was actually feverish all day Monday, and both of them have snotty noses. Mina's face is a bit swollen, which seems to happen whenever she has a sinus infection. We'll keep a close eye on her, but I'd really prefer keep her off the antibiotics if possible, so hopefully that won't be necessary. Not too surprising that they'd both get colds so soon after school started.
Keri and Mina spent Saturday night at Bliss & Austin's house (and Melissa's), so Isaac and I had some man time, which was very nice. Rich and Olgica brought Nikola into the city, and we went to the free "Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" festival in Golden Gate Park. Both Niko and Isaac were entranced by the music. We went to one of the little stages rather than trying to fight the crowds to see Elvis Costello or Emmylou Harris, and we got to sit right up front to see a couple of acts. Isaac was standing right in front of the stage for a couple of songs, staring right up at the musicians and practically forcing them to acknowledge him. He was in serious danger of stealing the show, but it was the end of the day so he was losing interest. He wandered off to the duck pond instead.
Not much other news to report at the moment, which is just the way we like it.
He bumped it again on Monday, and the kids were telling me the story this morning at breakfast. Isaac told me he had a new owie, and both Isaac and Mina insisted that a soft Elmo toy was the culprit. It didn't make any sense, until I finally figured out that he must have bumped his sore toe against Elmo's plastic eyeball. That seemed to have lifted the toenail just enough to let some of the blood out, so it probably helped. His toe was still kind of swollen this morning, and Keri and I had just decided that she should take him to the doctor. Then I put down, and he immediately ran three or four steps over to the couch with a big grin on his face. We said, "OK, maybe he doesn't need to go to the doctor after all."
Grandma Judy is in the hospital after some surgery Tuesday. She had a rough first day and night because they couldn't find any pain medication she could keep down, but they finally found the right combination and she's doing better now. She's due to come home today and will have to take it easy for a while, but the doctors anticipate no long term effects so she should be climbing and skiing again in a couple of months. The kids called her yesterday morning in the hospital and sang the ABC song, which is their latest.
Both the kids have colds. Isaac was actually feverish all day Monday, and both of them have snotty noses. Mina's face is a bit swollen, which seems to happen whenever she has a sinus infection. We'll keep a close eye on her, but I'd really prefer keep her off the antibiotics if possible, so hopefully that won't be necessary. Not too surprising that they'd both get colds so soon after school started.
Keri and Mina spent Saturday night at Bliss & Austin's house (and Melissa's), so Isaac and I had some man time, which was very nice. Rich and Olgica brought Nikola into the city, and we went to the free "Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" festival in Golden Gate Park. Both Niko and Isaac were entranced by the music. We went to one of the little stages rather than trying to fight the crowds to see Elvis Costello or Emmylou Harris, and we got to sit right up front to see a couple of acts. Isaac was standing right in front of the stage for a couple of songs, staring right up at the musicians and practically forcing them to acknowledge him. He was in serious danger of stealing the show, but it was the end of the day so he was losing interest. He wandered off to the duck pond instead.
Not much other news to report at the moment, which is just the way we like it.
posted by Arne Olson @ 10:23 PM
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