the doctors visit.

okay, so we went to the pediatrician today. i love him. i really, really love him. he's so calm. and patient. never interupts. always listens to me rant on and on and on. and never, ever interupts. i asked him today if he would please promise to stay in business until pratt was 18. he laughed. i'm afraid of what that means.

anyway, he looked pratt over and basically said that we did the right thing by taking him to children's. he praised the doctors there. and said he had to agree with them. it looked like some type of viral rash to him as well. lonna, my brilliant doctor friend said, "rashes are hard, han." and dr. stanford actually said, "rashes are pretty difficult, hannah." they must teach them to say that in medical school.

i gave him the full story. how it looked just like chicken pox when it came up...and how it's now more of a rash. we went through the whole, "any fever? any change in eating habits? bowel habits?, etc" routine. nothing. no change. pratt has never acted like he's in pain.

he said that he probably picked up some virus from someone else. and it manifested itself as a rash in pratt. he asked to hold him. and while he held him, he put his hand on my shoulder. i think he knew that i was seriously on the brink of crowning myself "worst mother of the year". i mean, rsv at 4 months...and now this. this twilight zone rash at 6 months.

he basically patted my shoulder and told me that i was a good mom. and that i was doing things remarkably well. that pratt was a healthy baby. a happy baby. and that it had nothing to do with me or my "motherly" skills...or lack thereof.

i almost started crying. i literally had to bite the inside of my lip to keep from it. funny how i will totally just break down with someone i barely know. i've always been this way. always.

he said that it is healing. and that he sees lots of bug bites on kids that start out as red bumps, then they go flat. then flat purple marks. then brown. then they fade. he thinks that's where this is headed. it's flat now...but just looks painful. he promised that it would not scar. and that if it wasn't completely clear in 2 weeks, he'd refer us to a dermatologist.

as we were leaving, dr. stanford was standing at the door. he waved at pratt and said, "goodbye pratt!" and....well, pratt stinkin' waved. well, sort of. he picked up his arm and sort of did an arm shake at him. dr. stanford gasped and said, "oh my gosh! he totally waved!" i laughed and told him that i was glad he saw it. that pratt actually did it the other night at his dad. but i knew that no one would ever believe us! we both got a good laugh out of it!

here are a few pictures from wednesday. you can see the rash on his face and legs.

his legs and arms look much, much better today. no more raised spots. just discoloration.

oh, and here is what i discovered our little monkey can do while changing his diaper the other day...

here we are getting ready for our appt today. and aunt betty, he loves his elephant shirt! the pants are still a little long! but they will fit soon enough! we love the outfit!





thank you to each of you that has left sweet comments about pratt. i feel better already. it's so reassuring to hear someone tell you that he will be fine. thanks for understanding. and not judging me. and not calling me crazy. it's nice that so many of you understand exactly how i feel.

love to you all. have great weekends!

oh, and he's 16 pounds, 12 ounces. don't know how long. we will go back for his 6 month shots in about 2 weeks. as long as everything is clear with his skin.