Where Has the Week Gone?

I can't believe it's been a week since I last blogged. Where has the time gone? Well, Friday was lost in the blur of a migraine for me. It's not often that I get one (once every 2-3 months), but when I do, wowza! Chase was so great and helped me so much that day.

That morning Landon was complaining that his jaws hurt. I could barely see through the fog of pain and told him it was probably his eustachian tubes that were clogged up from the 5 days of awful congestion he'd had. That night when I was functioning again, he complained again and asked me to feel his jaws. I didn't need to do that. When I looked at him directly, I could see that the right side of his face was grossly swollen. No wonder it hurt. We spent Saturday morning in the walk-in clinic to find out that he has parotitis, which is an infection of the parotid gland. This is his 3rd course of antibiotics in 2 months. His tonsils are swollen and seem to be a petri dish for bacteria growth. We had a consultation with an ENT who said they were enlarged but not grossly so, and it was pretty much a matter of his comfort whether we wanted to take them out or not. I guess we're going to choose that option before he becomes resistant to antibiotics!

Oh yes, when I went to fill Landon's prescription, I had them refill my Imitrex as I had taken the last one. The last time I had this refilled (10/06) the cost was $99 for 9 pills. Seventeen months later and a different insurance policy (we now have a BCBS HSA rather than Medical Savings Insurance HSA), the cost was $189 for 9 pills. That's enough to give anyone a migraine. Our wonderful local pharmacy, Brashear's, suggested that I get just 3 at a time since I take them so infrequently anyway. $189! Can you believe that?

Oh, here's a picture of my little fashion queen in her sister's jacket.