Poor baby!

Last week, Colt had the worst possible day ever, and it was a Monday to boot! We all know how Monday's go! LOL!

About 10 a.m., I got a call from my mom.. I could hear Colt crying, but didn't think much of it, because well, he's a baby..he crys! My mom proceeds to tell me that my little Colty has been stung 4 times by a wasp! "He's fine, we have given him some benadryl and the redness has started to go away, there's no stingers to be found, just call the pediatrician and ask if there is anything else we can do." So, I do just that, not even questioning my mom.

The nurse calls back and says just to watch for any signs of respiratory distress or allergic reaction. I am happy to report that he had no problems. Thank goodness!

Upon getting home that evening, I noticed a little place between his thumb and pointer finger. I went ahead and got them in the house and set everything down, then went to check out what I had seen. Opening my little boys hand, I see a blister between his thumb and pointer finger, a blister on the pads of his pointer and index finger, and on the front side of his index finger. I call my mom to ask about it. She has never heard of a wasp sting blistering before, and neither have I. I just assumed that it was part of it, and went about the nightly routine, getting dinner fixed and served. Upon cleaning up the boys from dinner, I take another look at Colt's hands and see that the blisters are bigger, and almost look to be water-filled.

I call my mom again to put our heads together to see if we can come up with an answer. The only other thing she could think of was that, while outside with his older brother and Pop, who was doing various yard work, he must have touched the still hot from lawn mowing, lawnmower. My dad had mowed the grass earlier and put the mower up on the side of the house. We called my dad to confirm that this could have been a possibility, and he did just that. So, what we think happened was, in the scheme of getting stung he must have been on the side yard (where the mower was) and somehow touched the hot lawnmower. My dad, seeing that he was surrounded by wasps and hearing the wailing, scooped him up (Jacob followed) and took him inside to have my mom help doctor him up. So, the burn was masked by the fact that he had been stung! The wasps are horrible this year and out in full force.

I have just kept his little hands clean and free from grime and his little blisters seem to be healing. We can only speculate that this is what happened. I am pretty sure I should have taken him to see the doctor after we all came to that realization, but have you ever just had one of those moments where for some ODD reason, you decided not to do what you would normally do? Yeah, that was me. It doesn't look like it needs any special treatment and it seems to be healing properly, so I just make sure to watch it and keep it clean.

My poor Colty had a horrible Monday....talk about a way to start off a week!