Full life...

Last week, we had friends come to visit us. This was something we were looking forward to, and very excited for. Because we can't travel with Max, it's so appreciated when friends and family come to us. It makes life not feel so isolated.

Our friends, Dean and Tina got here first. They hail from Southern California, and got a taste of Fall in Colorado. Cool, and warm, and sunny, and rainy! We got to visit for a couple of days before our friends, Sam, Rachel and Eloise came all the way from England for a visit with us all. It was so much fun to have everyone here. But WAY too short!

We haven't seen Dean and Tina in 4 years, and Sam and Rachel in over 2 years. Lots of catching up...but not really. Mostly just picking up right where we left off...but not really. See, we talk daily to these friends. Online, through emails, and facebook, and chat, and skype. They are always at the front of our minds. And it was so great to just be with them all!

But, as it goes in the House of Watson, it didn't go without some drama. Friday, after we got home from the airport, I was changing Max's diaper when I noticed he had some blood on his ear. Not totally uncommon, as Max tends to scratch at this ears and if his nails need trimmed, he'll scratch the inside of his ear. But this was no scratch...and it wasn't a little bit of blood.

I called the doctor on call, and they told me if it didn't stop in the next couple of hours, we should take him to urgent care or the emergency room at Children's. So, we made dinner...had a nice meal...said goodnight to all of our friends, and loaded up in Max's van to take him to Children's North Campus. A quick look in his ear, the doctor didn't see any infection, or damage, just plenty of blood pooled around his eardrum. He gave us antibiotic ear drops and said if it didn't stop by the morning, to take him down to the main campus, so they could get the ENT docs involved.

We got home and started getting around Saturday morning, when we saw that he had indeed continued to bleed throughout the night. And was still pooling, so we had to come up with a plan. We had planned for weeks to take our friends up to the mountains on Saturday, but we definitely needed to get Max's ear looked at. So, my sister came to the rescue and she and I went to Children's in the car and Steve took our friends up to the mountains in Max's van.

The doctor saw that he had a small tear at the top of his eardrum. It was possibly caused by his hearing test last Thursday. The tester had to use 3 different sized probes before finding the one that "fit". May have just got his ear just right to induce a little tear. So, with that answer, we were sent home and told to continue with the drops.

Luckily, we were able to meet up with everyone for lunch, and continue on with our visit. But, I was sad to miss the time up with the beautiful fall colors and friends. PLUS, it SNOWED while they were up there. Ah well...next time!







Until next time friends...