Here is a timeline detailing the ups and downs of a challenging day and a half that started so good, went a little funny, righted itself into a super fun day with Daddy and ultimately went terribly, terribly wrong.
Thursday, 11/20
5:30pm - Drinks and appetizers at Oliver’s Twist on Phinney Ridge for a gift exchange with the Lights: Don, Amy, baby Audrey and mi amigo Henry. Mommy fed me a juice box and some Cheerios, but I was dive-bombing the black truffle-shaved popcorn with garlic butter. Yee-um!
3:00am - Woke up screaming as I had barfed the aforementioned black truffle-shaved popcorn with garlic butter all over my bed. Yee-uck!
3:45am - More barfing, more bedding.
Friday, 11/21
10:00am - Wake up late due to a harsh night
10:21am - Hit the road for a fun day with Daddy that includes a ride on the Westlake Christmas carousel, a visit to the aquarium, lunch at Taco del Mar and a play date at Ella Bailey park in Magnolia with Lynn, Marques and Brandon Abulhosn.
5:45pm - Silver arrives so Mommy and Daddy can have dinner with the Grubers and company at Machiavelli’s, their fave haunt when in Seattle.
5:46pm - Barf on Silver.
6:45pm - The parents leave
7:14pm - I fall fast asleep
8:22pm - Diarrhea in bed. Crying. Silver is a trooper. Pooper trooper.
8:46pm - Back to sleep.
9:19pm - Parents arrive home after receiving an SMS message from Silver about my shituation.
9:33pm - I continue to sleep while Mommy takes Silver home and to get some Pedialyte.
9:46pm - I shat the bed, but this time Daddy only needs to hose me down and swap out a towel that got the brown trickle.
9:58pm - I call out to Daddy to help me clean up as I made it to the toilet for another round of the Dirty D.
10:04pm - Mommy arrives home with Pedialyte. Wakes me up to comfort me and get me to drink some fizzy soda.
10:31pm - I begin to moan with serious skin discomfort. Daddy comes to my room and applies hydrocortisone to sooth the itching.
10:44pm - More moaning and extreme skin irritation. I tell Daddy I want to wash my skin. He draws an oatmeal bath and is horrified to see that my skin is red in most places and that raised welts have sprung up all over my little body. He and Mommy look in the guide our physician issues to all of his patients to see if there is any info about hives or extreme skin irritation.
10:57pm - Daddy calls the after hours answering service for Dr. Spector’s office.
11:06pm - An on-call nurse from Children’s Hospital phones; she and Daddy discuss my situation. She advises us to call 911 and to follow-up with her after the medics have done and assessment.
11:08pm - Daddy calls 911 and they dispatch a medic unit.
11:17pm - Medics arrive and begin asking questions. Mommy is swooning over the Medic named James that is directly engaging with me. I am incredibly brave and strong.
11:42pm - Medics leave by mildy suggesting we go to emergency to find out what is causing the localized allergic reaction, but also sort of hint that we’ll be fine through the night if we don’t.
11:45pm - Daddy calls Dr. Spector’s answering service to follow up with the nurse at Children’s.
11:55pm - The nurse and Daddy speak about the assessment of the medics and how I’m currently doing. She thinks that a trip to the ER is unnecessary (for now) and advises Daddy to get some Benadryl and what to watch for over the next 12 hours.
Saturday, 12/22
12:18am - Daddy arrives home from Safeway with Gatorade and Children’s Benadryl. Mommy opens the box only to find that the seal has been compromised.
12:51am - Daddy returns home again from Safeway with a new bottle of Benadryl.
3:13am - I awake and race to the toilet for a round of vomiting.
3:21am - Mommy kicks Daddy off the couch saying that she can’t deal anymore and sends him to bed with me.
7:47am - After an uncomfortable night of relentless scratching of my burning skin and repeatedly kicking Daddy, I am awake and ready to start a new day.
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