Kidney and Cactus

Christmas was a dream, the following days after Christmas were a little....adventurous... to say the least.

 Violet started complaining to me about how she had "a bee in my bum mama". I don't know where she came up with the phrase but basically it means her butt stings. After checking things out I concluded she may have had too much of my lemon water the day before and it was affecting her urine and giving her a rash. This happened one time before when she was younger when I gave her some orange juice for breakfast one morning. The acid from citrus fruit just doesn't agree well with her little body, and she had a slight fever. I chalked it up to a minor infection, put some cream on her butt and called it a day. I can hear all of you judging me but it seemed reasonable as the next day she was completely back to her old self, happy, full of energy, and no fever, and also the time before with the orange juice had not escalated into anything serious.

Flash forward to the following day when I am driving Cristian back into work and we stopped at Hastings so he could grab a coffee. While sitting in the parking lot Violet starts squirming around in her seat, and suddenly, completely out of nowhere starts screaming. Literally screaming and tears just start waterfalling down her face. I have no idea what is going on and get in the backseat to try and figure out the problem. She says she has a bee in her bum again, and her back hurts, and she starts convulsing in the seat.

Now I really started to freak out.
I called Cristian from the car and as soon as he heard her screaming over the phone he ran out (without his paid-for coffee) and started driving us to the hospital. On the way we called her doctor and the best thing he said for us to do was take her to InstaCare. Oh gosh, my history with InstaCare. I won't get into that here, but we did follow his advice.

We arrived. A 2 hour wait list. And the lady made me feel like an idiot which is a pretty normal experience for me with InstaCare. When Violet started peeing blood then, of course, our situation was taken a little more seriously. In the end we received a prescription to treat Violet for a kidney infection.

And yes, in case any of you were wondering I felt like a terrible mother.

So fast forward again. She's been on her medication for maybe one or two days and we decided to head out to my parents house for a change of scenery. I'm sitting in the living room talking with my mom when I hear a 'clunk' from out in the kitchen. I don't think anything of it, as 'clunks' are a pretty natural sound to hear around the McMahon house. Next I hear Violet wimpering and see her slowly making her way out to the living room. I wasn't sure what happened but noticed some "fluff" in the corners of both her eyes and brushed them away thinking maybe that was the reason she was wimpering. She didn't cry or anything until I started brushing more "fluff" off her hands and she freaked out.

You guys. I was not prepared for the discovery I made next. I picked her up and carried her out to the kitchen to try and figure out the cause of her odd behavior. My mom noticed some dirt on the floor and there above it on the window ledge is a fluffy looking.....CACTUS. Are you freaking kidding me? I put Violet on the counter and disbelieving looked more closely at her face..... spines you guys. CACTUS spines stuck into all areas of her face. Her forehead. Her nose. Her cheeks. Her chin. Her hands.. Her arms. I couldn't believe it.

I mean this is something you read about, I mean, you guys are reading about this but....seriously.
Oh my dear, sweet, brave baby girl. She did such an amazing job sitting still while this baffled mama used tweezers to get out as many of those spines as possible.

Her poor little face.
Kidney and cactus you guys...kidney and cactus

Holy moly, what a couple days that was. And for those of you who have asked and were wondering she is totally fine now. Her mama may be a little bit traumatized still but she no longer has a kidney infection, and no more cactus in her face. AND...THANKFULLY none of those little spines made it into her eyes. A miracle? No doubt.


Cheers!