Knife Cuts & Spider Bites!

Wow...crazy times! I started my new job on June 1st (Love it!). During my 1st two weeks of work, Alexander cut his finger with a kitchen knife and passed out on our kitchen floor (while I was at work the boys were home with Jim). I got "the call" from my sister Kate (who live in Panama City, FL- far... far... away) while I was on my way home. She asked me if Alexander is doing better? I was completely confused???Then she proceeded to ask me if I knew that Alexander had severely cut his finger and had passed out on the kitchen floor (and hit his head on the way down). All of the sudden, I could not feel my legs...I was in shock and in panic mode! I called Jim immediately and asked for details. I told him to have Alexander at the front door so I could whip him off to the hospital. We spent 2 1/2 hours in the emergency room. He got closed up and wrapped and was sent on his way...no torn tendons-thank God!

Another adventure a few days later occurred when Sarah came running into the room crying "Mommy...the boat pinched me!" I asked her to show me what she was talking about. Her arm had a monster size welt- almost looked like a severe burn with discoloration ringed around the wound. I saw Alexander's motor boat on the floor. I inspected the boat....no hot batteries....no way the parts could have pinched her. I asked where the boat came from- evidently the boat came from the garage. I went to the area in the garage where the boat was found.....there were a few brown spiders in that area. Hmmmm. I went back into the house and noticed a brown spider on the floor next top the damn boat. I panicked! It looked like a brown recluse spider (which is poisonous). I killed the spider with my shoe and put it in a baggie. We whipped Sarah off to get medical treatment. She was bitten by a poisonous spider and still has discoloration today (looks like a black bruise). Thank God we had no necrosis of her bite area. No infection that we could see outwardly. She was on meds for a few days (like benadryl) to help her body fight off any poison.

What a crazy start! Since starting school, Sarah has had a sinus infection and minor bladder infection. She has complained that her left ear was hurting (not an infection- just pressure form her sinus infection). I have had her at the pediatrician 3 x in the last 1 1/2 weeks for this stuff. Hopefully, her immune system will adjust to all the new germs introduced in school. I am sure most kids go through this when they first attend daycare or school.