Ethan has been having lots of fun with Daddy home on summer vacation. And Daddy appreciates that he's been such a happy (albeit drooly!) boy!
Ryan taking Sneaky on a walk.
Evan and one his favorite hobbies - catching toads.
Big and Little - so sweet together!
Dudes!
If you couldn't quite tell from Ryan's face in the picture above, but he wasn't feeling quite up to himself. Earlier in June, Ryan was diagnosed with Lyme Disease and began a regimen of 21 days on amoxicillin. Somewhere around day 17, after helping plant mums all Saturday morning, Ryan complained that his ankle hurt. Upon further inspection, both of his ankles and knees were super swollen, and he had some red patches that were really itchy on his hips. A call to the doctor recommended us going to the emergency room. After a detour back to the house when I realized that I forgot to put shoes on myself, Ryan was in a bed in the ER:
Since we came up on dinner time, the fabulous nurse we were blessed with found Ryan a turkey sandwich, fruit cup, and apple juice. She also gave us a remote to the tv (I think we were in an abandoned office) so he could watch some Sponge Bob. Ryan claims it was the best sandwich he ever had. :o)
He was diagnosed with Serum Sickness (which also has some fancy medical term that I cannot recall). Essentially, he was having a severe allergic reaction to the amoxicillin. The next few days led to full blown hives all over his body and swelling of every joint you could see - his fingers and toes were all puffy, and his knees and ankles bothered him so much, we carried him every where. He spent a lot of time resting and hiding under his blanket...
Some of the hives that were spread all over his body...
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