Week 15

I thought Week 15 would be a bust. Charlie had been sick for a couple of weeks with a cold, but Friday he wasn't himself and Saturday he was going from seemingly okay to cranky and ill-looking. By suppertime he was sobbing from head pain and fell asleep at 5pm (not normal). We spent three hours in the ER Saturday evening. He was diagnosed with the beginnings of a raging ear infection. When he went to bed at 11:30, his left eye looked a little off. When he woke up crying at 3:45, it was half swollen shut. We knew this meant periorbital cellulitis (which he had at 19 months old), so we were at the hospital by 7:30 am, and by early afternoon, his IV was in (ugh. UGH UGH UGH.) and antibiotics were coursing through him. Eye was swollen shut. Kiddo was miserable. Mama was anxious and fretful. He stayed in until Wednesday at noon. I did not even think about Project 52 at all until today. This week's theme was 'how others see you', and I lamented to my husband that I had no sweet clue what to do. He said, "Most people look at you and immediately notice your height." Hmmm....true...so we took a shot with the wide-angle lens to accentuate that.

On a good note, kidlet is almost back to normal. I, however, am completely exhausted from long days in the hospital and sleeping three nights on a pull-out chair thing that was not made for HUGELY TALL people like me.