Halloween 2012

Well, the Wrights are 0 / 2 on Halloween and trick or treating. Last year, Blair got her first ear infection and was asleep by 6pm. This year, I had everything planned out. We had some family come over for dinner and were planning on getting both Zoey and Blair ready at our house so we could go trick-or-treating. As we were beginning to get Blair dressed, her left ear began to swell. The teacher at school had told Travis that Blair had gotten a mosquito bite on her ear while they were outside. As the afternoon wore on, her ear got more red and swollen and uncomfortable. Naturally, she was pulling and scratching at the bite, so it got really bad and we began to wonder if it was something more serious like a spider bite. So we gave her some Benadryl and hopped into the car and head to Texas Children’s. Bad idea. It was a full moon and we were not the only non-trick-or-treaters.

By the time we arrived in the ER, it was 7:30pm (past Blair’s bedtime and she had only had a one hour nap that day at school). The ER was packed. Long story short – we were there for almost three hours before we decided to leave. We had seen the triage nurse already, and her ear wasn’t getting any worse, so we figured we’d take her home and see how it looked in the morning.

Good news – we all survived, even little Miss! She has missed yet another Halloween – but she was none the wiser. She really has no clue about what sugar and candy is, so it was just another day to her. I finally managed to dress her up in her “costume” this past weekend so I could have some pictures. I made the black tutu and added a tail, painted her cute little nose and whiskers, and put on her kitty ears (which she proceeded to snap the headband in half after about 5 pictures). She was adorable! I am bummed that we didn’t even get to visit our neighbors – but we’ll try it again next year.