Three Thousand

Three Thousand Dollars.

That will but you about 120 skeins of hand painted sock yarn.
300 yards of cotton quilting fabric.
One series of rabies shots for a tiny boy you're found of.

He's lucky he's cute.

Also, he turned THREE on Friday. There were balloons and cupcakes and presents that require putting together.  It's been a crazy fun three years!

Round 2.

Day three of Rabies shots fell on Sunday, or as most people called it, MOTHERS DAY!  So, wonderful mother that I am, I hauled my kid to the hospital and had 2 nurses hold him down as he screamed bloody murder while a third nurse gave him a shot to the leg.

Okay. Hubby came too. And they did give him the numbing stuff on his leg. And he stopped crying pretty quickly after it was all over.  But still. Not how i would have chose to spend 2 1/2 hours of my life.  Actually that was time my hubby spent.  I left 1 hour 45 minuted into it, because I had to go to work.

So. Now just days 7, 14 and 21 left.

But I did get breakfast made for me, and flowers and a hand made card. So that's the part I'm going to try to remember.

Round 1 done.

First round of rabies shots for J were yesterday.  We went to the Short Stay part of the clinic, and had our own little room with a bed and tv and everything. The nurses and child life care specialist are awesome. They are just awesome people.  Not only did they make sure J was okay, they made sure I was okay and understood everything about the process.

All in all, it took about 2 hours, with the check in, the paperwork, the waiting for the drugs and then the watch period after the shots.  He got 3 total, one in each leg and in one arm.  He cried. I nearly cried. It was awful. He begged to go home and see the dog when it was done. He got some stickers, and bubbles, and got to go in a wagon ride around the clinic.  The next few times shouldn't be so bad, just a normal type shot.   The Immune Globulin shot was the worst one.  He had to have 850 units of it. 2 syringes.

Day 3 (Sunday) and day 7, 14, and 21 will just be the vaccine shot.  So we should be in and out fairly quickly.  I just don't know what to tell the little guy. I hate to tell him to early what's going on, but I feel like he should know he's going in for a shot.

He had a 101.4 degree fever last night, and today it's 99.7.  He was really snugly and limp last night. But today he's running around and dumping bubble solution on the dog.

So. Dudes. If I can help anyone out, heed this warning.  Save the F*cking Bat!  If we had thought about it, and saved the damn bat, we could have tested it. And known for sure, and not put J through this.  Of course, given the alternative, it's not even a choice.

Ack!

I'm pretty sure if the last week has any bearing, I'm not deserving of a mother's day this year.

Let's start with the fact that tomorrow my son has to embark on a rabies vaccine regime, that includes 6 shots over 21days. All because he found a bat in the garage, he was out of my sight for 2 seconds, so I can't say with 100 % certainty that he didn't touch the thing.  We let the damn bat go, because we didn't think anything of it.  Hey, guess what the alternative is?  Once someone shows any symptoms of being sick, there is NOTHING that can be done.  So, better safe and broke (we have no health insurance at this point) than have a dead kid. Also, did you know you could get bitten by a bat and not even see any bite marks?  yeah. I hate bats.

Today, we went to the park, and he fell and now has a black eye.  Okay, that totally wasn't my fault, but still. Now I have to take a kid with a black eye in for shots.

Anyway.  I've got some pictures of quilts to show you. To distract you from what an unfit mother I am.

Remember that Dream on Charm Pack I won?  Well, here it is with some Kona Bone and some yellow from my stash.  I backed it with flannel and quilted some wonderful straight lines a 1/4 of an inch or so away from all the seams.  I love it, and I hope the little girl I gave it to loves it too. :)

Free motion loops.  Not 100% perfect, but I love them anyway.

J is helping with the quilt photo shoot yet again.  He's so freaking cute, how can you be mad at him? :)
This is the coin quilt I did, using 2 charm packs and 1 jelly roll.  Fabric is It's a Hoot line and Kona Chocolate.  I bound it in the yellow dot. That was the one Johnathan picked out.  I backed it with a yellow sheet. It washed up so nice and soft. I used a light soft grey for the quilting. I think it turned out pretty spiffy.

So. If you think you think of us tomorrow around 10 am, that will be the time my son starts his shots. Wish us well.