Annie's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week...

This is Annie's doll she got at the hospital.

The girl gave it to her to help explain all the tests she had to have.

It was a long day of

x-rays

ultrasounds

blood work

and tests to check her bladder and kidneys

those required sedation.

I must admit

Annie+Drugs=Very Funny.

She was a champ.

But it was very hard

and NOT very fun at all for her.

BUT we think we know why she is getting fevers so often.

(Three cheers for Dr. Osguthorpe.)

Then a few days later-

just so I could start my

mother of the year 2010 campaign

off with a bang-

I accidentally shut Annie's finger in the car door.

I felt like a crappy mom.

She was very distraught.

Then today she had to go back to the doctor

for more blood work and had a

super, duper

FREAK OUT attack about it.

I understand her anxiety and stress level,

but there was NOTHING I could say or do

to get her to stay still and let the nurse take her blood.

She was on another level.

The doctor suggested I bribe her with ice cream.

I told him I had bribed her with that and a new car,

but it was not happening today.

They sent us home with a prescription for a sedation medication

and told us to come back tomorrow.

AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF...

As I was cleaning up "dinner"/sandwiches,

Annie and Kate are running around the family room

like crazy, wild (american) indians and

Annie starts screaming and crying hysterically.

I run over and she is holding her eye and a pencil-

bad combination.

Mother of the year didn't notice that her child was

running

with a pencil.

I might as well just hand her

the scissors and a steak knife and tell her to

race her sister.

Luckily her eye was closed and the pencil wasn't sharpened.

Here is the damage.

Some of you might think it's weird that

I take pictures of my kids injuries.

I see it as a distraction.

In fact Annie asks me now whenever she is hurt,
"Are you going to take a picture?"

If I say, "yes"- she usually stops crying.

I am just praying for NO MORE PICTURES this week.

I'm sorry Annie-girl.

Tomorrow will be a better day.