What a Shiner

Saturday evening, Teagan was bitten on the arm and near the eye by a mosquito. She's always had sensitive skin, so insect bites tend to swell to larger than normal size. Sunday morning she woke up with a mountain on her arm and one eye almost swelled shut. It didn't seem to bother her much and we didn't want her to miss out on her buddy Quinn's third birthday party that day. So we took her to the party and explained to everyone what had happened. It was a beach party theme and she had a blast. They had containers filled with sand and shells, and they set up the slide to go into the little wading pool. There were minimal disagreements and a lot of laughing and squealing. They finished up the party by decorating cupcakes and then returning to the pool. Teagan stuck out the lower lip and tried her best to squeeze out some tears when it was time to go, but once we got her in the car she began to zone out. That night we tried a few things to alleviate the itching of her eye, but nothing seemed to make much of a difference. The next morning, her eye looked worse and she could barely open it. We iced it down and got an appointment at the doctor. I took the day off just so I could be there with both Teagan and Rog. As it turns out, it had become infected so we were prescribed an antibiotic. After the visit, she perked up so we took her to lunch and generally had a nice family day. I was a little nervous taking her out in public because of the swollen eye, but if anyone asked, we just told them what happened. After two doses of the antibiotic her eye already looked much better when she woke up this morning. Despite the doctor's office visit, we had a pretty nice three day weekend.