Halloween 08 + pink eye

Well, it wasn't a super happy morning when we woke up Friday. Taylor had come down with a horrible eye infection the night before, both of his eyes swelling almost shut and, well, oozing (sorry, I know that's so gross).

That Thursday night, both kids kept crying throughout the night because they'd wake up and realize they couldn't open their eyes.

Friday morning, Aidan's was worse than Taylor's. I know that it's "just Halloween..." but I was in bed that morning waiting for her to wake up, just thinking about it from her perspective. It's only one day a year, and she was going to have to miss her preschool party, the party at the gym, and who knew about trick or treating?


Terry actually told her because I was with Taylor when she woke up. When they came out of the room, she seemed fine, and so I asked him what he came up with to say. "We're going to DQ after she goes to the doctor." Oh. Good idea.

We could not get into the doctor until 3:00 that afternoon, and we had to wait for a really long time. I guess most doctors have Halloween off. :)


At that point, Taylor's eyes looked almost normal, but Aidan was just awful. We got a prescription, our family flu shots, and were on our way. The doctor told us trick or treating would be okay because it's not an airborne illness, only touch.

The kids just had a blast that night! Terry and I were talking about how last year on Halloween, Taylor had just started walking on his own. In fact, we kept trying to carry him last year so we could go faster than 1 house every hour, but he wanted to walk because it was his new thing. This year, he and Aidan were practically running from house to house.

We went to Dairy Queen after and then passed candy out at our house. Not much was ever said about those missed parties in the morning!