Update on the Boys

Well, as far as my sick boys go, this week has not been much better:) Easton's rash looked a lot better for a day or two and now it is back to this.

I'm just so sick of it. I want him to get better! We've tried oatmeal baths, bleach baths, baking soda baths, lotions, steroid creams, benadryl, motrin (for inflammation), washed all his bedding and clothes. Nothing has helped. (Although I appreciate everyone's comments and suggestions!!!) Some things I haven't tried yet that I will probably attempt this week are primrose oil and switching to soy milk. I didn't go to church last week because it looks like my child has an infectious disease! The doctor has said that the virus it was diagnosed as is not very easily transmitted, but still. I'm guilty of looking at someone's kids and thinking "why on earth did they bring them here to infect my child?" So bottom line, I don't want to take him anywhere. At least (as you can see above) he is still a happy child.

Update on Tyson: I said in my last post that his results all came back normal, however the next day we found out that his blood calcium levels were high and that the doctor wanted him to go back and have his blood drawn again to have it re-checked. Normal range is 8.4-10.1 and his was 10.7. So this morning we got his second test results back and it was 11.9. Not a very good sign. We have been doing a lot of reading, and although we know we can't trust everything we read online, it is likely that he has a problem with his parathyroid gland (which controls the amount of calcium in your blood). Soooo.... not to worry, this is easily fixed. We are actually hoping for this because Tyson has been feeling so crappy for so long. We are dealing with a seriously bad bad bad doctor (who we only saw one time, the day we went to anyone who would take us when Tyson was having a fainting spell). So we've gotta find a way to ditch him and get to a specialist. The one we were referred to by a co-worker can't see him until March 8th. So we're hoping to find someone who can see him sooner and put him out of his misery.

Until then, we're just keeping up the normal routine! School-work-homework-up all night with Easton-School-work-homework-up all night with easton-etc... It's really not that bad, we have so much help from our mammas. Looking forward to a long weekend!

In other news, Tyson is still working on his photography and is doing a great job! He has some really cute pictures of some puppies on his photo blog if you haven't checked those out!