A smile is worth a thousand words...and 4 weeks of antibiotics 3x a day. If you can tell, her smile is slightly crooked. This poor little girl got Lyme's disease, and Bell's Palsy with it. We first noticed an interesting rash and showed it to our pediatrician who thought it might be ringworm. The treatment for that didn't work and when I noticed the facial paralysis, red flags started flying and I took her in. On my way out of the office the doctor mentioned there was a chance that her face wouldn't recover. I took it pretty hard at first, especially feeling guilty I hadn't taken her in sooner. But after a priesthood blessing and talking to another doctor I was very hopeful. This girl has a smile that can light up the room and we're so grateful it's back. Luckily, she didn't suffer from any other symptoms with the Lyme's.
This is just a few days earlier (at the hospital)
A week and a half earlier (at an Orioles baseball game)
Kate ate every last noodle of her large plate of mac n cheese
Kate got super shy when the waitresses came out singing for her. She is always reserved when she meets new people but usually warms up after a while.
These kids were excited about the gifts they got her.
Lily, 5 days old
- She has the cutest voice. We get comments about it everywhere.
- She loves to sing. Her current favorites (and ours) are "Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel" and "If you chance to 'me nut brown'" (meet a frown)
- She is very independent and has been buckling herself, putting on her shoes, etc. for a long time
- She knows her colors and a lot of her letters and sounds
- She can ride her scooter fast. She scares all of our neighbors.
- She loves playing tea party and picnics
- Loves following, doing and copying anything the big kids are doing.
- She's addicted to the iPad (I have to put some serious limitations to that thing)
- Is great at saying, "thank you" "your welcome" and "sorry"
- She's my best sharer
- Has facial expressions that kill me :)
- And it's a good thing she's so cute with those curls and blue eyes, because 3 years old can be really terrible
7 comments:
What? Bells palsy and lyme's disease? I didn't know about any of that....scary. Glad it's over. Wow, what a scare. And all at the same time with a newborn? Tom had lyme's disease, not fun!
Kate is as bright as the sun! I loved the short time we were able to spend with her. Scarlet has been missing her little shadow. (And good work with the B-day celebrations!)
Happy Birthday to Miss Kate!! I love how she is so content with any type of fun. She's such an easy going kid who has the most contagious giggles.
What a cutie! I can't believe she is 3, she looks so different (well, of course she does, I last saw her over a year ago, yikes). Love her to death!
She is so big! I'm glad the Lyme's disease has improved. Poor girl. Her independence sounds nice. Sophs still needs a lot of Mommy's help! Her birthday party looks adorable. Wish her and Sophs could be besties!
Those cupcakes are adorable! So scary about Bells Palsy. My cousin had it for about a month or so. I can imagine you would just be thinking worst case scenarios when you first noticed it though (at least I would!) So glad she's ok!
I'm so glad Kate is better! How scary! I can't believe how old she is already. What a sweetie she is. We really miss her!
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