A Day Away

I will begin by apologizing for not writing yesterday. My wife and I had planned on going to Buffalo and Niagara Falls for a night for a well deserved rest. Nana and Granddad were given the okay to watch the little guy for the duration that we were away. I had planned on writing articles while I was away, but I was unable to locate Internet access at our hotel.

Although we were excited to get away for a night and get a whole nights rest, we did miss our son very much. How much you might ask? Well, last night my wife awoke from her sleep, sat up and slapped me in my sunburn as he she screamed, "Where is Parker?".

The past week we have noticed a rash on the back of Parker's neck and around his ears. When we came home this morning we had noticed that it had gotten quite worse. The doctor's at Sick Kid's in Toronto had said that they thought it was a heat rash when we were there on Friday. After looking at it today, and doing a little bit of reading on the Internet, I would have to agree. It seems to be concentrated in the folds of his neck, and around his ears. It looks very uncomfortable but he does not seem to be complaining much about it. My wife is currently giving the little monkey a good bath, and we have decided to let him go without a shirt on for most of the day so that he is not too warm. I don't want him sweating and having it get worse. We are also using cornstarch three times a day in the folds of his skin where it is much worse. If you look closely at the image below you can see the redness on his neck. I have included an image of the rash. You cannot see the portion in the folds of his neck, but you can see the red bumps. Parker also has some lighter red dots on his stomach.

We wondered how Parker would sleep with us not here at night. When we were at the hospital we were unable to stay over night and for that reason, if Parker were to awake in the middle of the night the nurses would have to console him and feed him. Would you believe that Parker slept through the night last night. How does he know that we are not here? It is not like we jump up if he makes a noise in the night. We only pick him up if he is crying or screaming and it does not seem that he is going to stop. But last night, we are told he didn't scream or cry.

To say the least, we were very glad to see Parker when we got home today.