SandyO's Blog: Hawaii Trip Part 1

I can't believe we are finally on the island! I seriously thought we wouldn't make it with how our trip started. We started out trip with a 3 day stay at my cousin's house near Dallas. The kids were having a blast playing together and all of a sudden Lulu starts sneezing up a storm and pulling on her right ear. My first thought was "Noooooooooo, please Lord let this not be another ear infection" She got so dang congested it was the exact same symptoms she had when she was sick last month for 29 days. I tried so hard not to stress out and was confident that it may be allergies. I went Monday morning to a clinic to be told she has ear infection and possible strep throat. The doctor suggested to fly out the next day rather than Monday night, but prescribed ear drops for pain and of course another round of antibiotics. We decided to still fly out that same evening and packed up our bags and Lulu falls right in front on me in the street and busted her lip. Her bottom teeth cut her upper lip and bled. I was ready to call my mom and ask her to come and pick Lulu up and stay with her but Gabe didn't want to leave her behind. Our flight was scheduled to take off in an hour and we were still at my cousins house deciding what to do. It was the worst feeling to have your baby fall right in front you- I watched the whole thing go down thinking oh, she's a master on stairs now! After the bleeding stopped we get in the car and headed to the airport, meanwhile I'm a nervous wreck. Luckily, the flight to San Francisco went well and we had plans to see my grandma and other cousin the next day.