Mine, that’s who. Which kid, you ask. You know which one-we have just come from Dr. Marks office after noticing odd swelling around Ben’s eyes and cheeks. There is a slim chance it’s lymphicitis instead….we opted not to do the blood test or run the cheek swab because the results were going to take up to two weeks to come back, in which case he would already be over it. So far the swelling is not too bad, noticeable only to those who are used to Ben’s thin face. If it really is mumps, this will probably get worse. So far Ben is in very good spirits, aside from not wanting to eat and a mild lethargy. It’s true, we neglected to get our “autistic-like” child an MMR vaccine, and I still stand by that decision (Dr. Mark backs me up here-he wouldn’t give it to Ben, either). We are now paying for that decision, but there it is. Normally I would be very concerned about seizure activity with such a virus, but so far things have been even milder than normal, Praise God. Ben is now quarantined from anyone who has not had the vaccine…which is going to make taking the kids to camp tomorrow interesting. I haven’t figured that one out yet. The piece of very bad news is that Nate may get it as well….his vaccine is pretty old. We’ll just have to wait and see, but the virus gets worse the older you are, so let’s pray that passes him by.
Nate and Megan are off to Yeti, our churches winter camp, tomorrow. Today I have been making Nate’s food, Megan has been packing and practicing for the talent show, and Nate has been mixing the music for the commons room. It has been a very busy day. They are pretty excited and will hopefully come home only slightly bruised and with hoarse voices. Sort of goes with the territory. Dave and I are looking forward to a VERY quiet weekend at home with our sick, swollen kid.
Potty training is going FABULOUSLY. It’s almost like we tripped a trigger and now he’s potty trained. This is so wonderfully exciting to all of us. Ben is especially happy to be wearing Spiderman underpants 
. He’s motivated, and sometimes remembers to sign “potty’ to me. We’re working out the logistics, which is rather different than doing this with a toddler, so we’ll see how things transpire. Right now we are all thrilled to be in this place and time.
Mono and mumps in the same house? I live in a crazy world.
Teena
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