Wow, so we have been a bit busy.  Last week, we went down town for the Memorial Day parade. Although it was hot, we had a great time!

Callum has been having a lot of allergy issues lately to the point where his eyes swell shut.   We have taken him to the Dr. multiple times and tried different meds, but nothing has been working. On Monday, we got a call from one of his teachers. She said that he looked just miserable and that his right eye was almost swollen shut.  I called the Dr. and they were able to get him in within a few hours.  They went ahead and referred us to the same allergist that Liam went to.

I was dreading that a bit, and also knew that it usually takes weeks to get in to a specialist. 

Tuesday morning, I spent the morning on the phone trying to get through to the allergist.  When I finally did at 10:15,  the receptionist says, "we just had our 11:15 call and cancel. Can you be here by then?"  Are you kidding me??  All I could say was , "Thank you Jesus!!!"  

Callum was an angel at the appointment. He was very inquisitive, but barely cried while they poked his back.  When the doc came in 15 minutes later, he said that he had never seen such severe allergies in a 4 year old before.  (I did take a picture of his back to show Gareth, but I haven't figured out how to get it from my phone to the computer yet)  His back was one big welt!!! Praise the Lord, he is not allergic to any foods!!!  His severe allergies are to every type of tree and tree pollen, every type of grass and grass pollen, dust, dust mites, and cats!  

He is now on a regimen of 5 meds, but will be weaned down in the next few weeks.  After 24 hours on the meds, his eyes already look so much better.    

I have been pretty busy trying to get the house in order and organized so that when I go to pack in a few weeks, it will be done.  Did I mention that the kids and i are going to England for 5 weeks this summer?  If I didn't, we are.  We are all very excited.  Gareth will be joining us for part of the trip too, so that makes it even better.   There is only a week and 2 days left of school, and half of those are half days.  I can;t believe how quickly the second half of the school year has gone.

Hope everyone is doing well!!! I will try to keep the blog update a bit better from now on:0)