Kyle's Tear Duct

Kyle has had a blocked tear duct since he was born. It's a common thing that typically clears up on its own (one of the girls had it as well). But Kyle's tear duct never fixed itself. Now at eleven months, Kyle needed some help to get his tear duct unblocked. 

We went to see an ophthalmologist yesterday to have a procedure done. It was a quick 5 minute thing where the doctor stuck a small wire down his tear duct to open it up. I didn't see it happen but I sure did hear it. Poor thing was wrapped in a blanket and the doctor just did. He felt everything. Kyle quickly recovered from it when they brought him to me. 

We should notice a difference in two days. For the next five days, we give him eye drops to prevent infection. I'm glad that's done. With Kyle being sick for the past month, he's had so much discharge from his eye. He's finally getting better from his sinusitis with a second round of antibiotics. His first round of antibiotics was with Amoxicillin and we found out that he is allergic to it. Hopefully he'll be all cleared up in the next couple days and stay that way for a long time. 

Karis - the servant?

This morning as I'm getting out of the shower I'm energetically greeted by Karis. She's holding a thin magnet (from one you'd find behind a paper notepad to secure to fridge) that is bent in half. She starts grabbing at my hand and saying something which I don't understand. As I ask her to show me where she got it and as she leads me downstairs, Lena pipes in that it's not a magnet but rather "nail clippers." Silly me for not realizing that! I quickly agreed to get my nails cut before heading into work.

Then a few minutes later as I'm ready to leave the bedroom and the house, Karis presents me with a cup of tea. She insists we have tea time. She has the sugar bowl and spoon, a few pieces of pastry, the tea pot, and syrup and ketchup to boot. ?? Of course, it was the best tasting sugary syrupy ketchupy tea I've ever tasted.

As I don't want Lena to miss out on this experience, I ask Karis to serve Momma a cup of tea also. Since Lena is under the weather, she's napping on the couch. I ask Karis to set it next to her for when she wakes. I explain that Momma is sick and needs rest. As I move the tea cup off Lena's face, Karis disappears for a moment. I hear her off in the corner saying "happy" as she grabs her play doctor kit and approaches Lena with the thermometer in hand (it has a happy face for 98.6 temp and a frown for 102.5 temp). So sweet! I encourage Karis to give Momma a shot to help restore her health. And Lena plays along asking for Karis to use the stethoscope to listen to her heart and chest, look into her ears and eyes, and take her blood pressure.

I've seen Karis attempt to "happy" Makena when she cries, but this was the first time I've seen her care for one of us parents. I love getting to participate in these special moments.