pink eye

Yesterday morning, Caden woke up with what I initially thought was a lot of "sleep" in his eyes. As the day wore on and we kept wiping gunk out of both eyes every 30-60 minutes, we began to suspect that perhaps Caden had pink eye. Caden and Stayed home today and saw the PA in his pediatrician's office (who is the sister of one of the teachers I work with at Slate Creek, Kristi). Jill (the PA) was awesome with Caden and diagnosed him with pink eye, prescribed an antibiotic eye drop, suggested giving him FluMist (the nasal inhaled flu prevention) and to make her the best in Caden's opinion and mine, gave him some Smarties to keep him busy while she examined him.

Caden did great with the FluMist and his eyes are improving this evening.

On the growth side of things, Caden is definitely succeeding! In August he was 41.5 inches tall and 41 pounds. Today he was 44 inches and 43 pounds. Who grows 2.5 inches in 2 months??? And who eats like a horse on steroids and only gains a measly 2 pounds??? Answer: Caden!!