Very Bad Day

Poor Henry had a very difficult day yesterday. In the afternoon he went to the doctor and had his 2 month vaccinations. That includes 5 shots and one oral vaccination. The nurses did a fantastic job - there were two nurses and they gave him the shots all at once - It was very quick - but, not painless. Travis and I both got teary eyed watching little Henry go through such a traumatic event.

Henry did great - After a few minutes of crying, Travis calmed him down and Henry cuddled up in his car seat and went to sleep. He slept through a car ride home and even a walk to the grocery store.

The difficult part came later in the evening. We had a little BBQ at our house with our friends Stephanie and John - Just as Stephanie and John were getting ready to leave we noticed a yellow jacket in the house. Travis tried to swat it out of the house and ended up in a battle with the bee in the kitchen. Not one to be left out of anything - Chloe quickly joined the action in the kitchen. The whole event culminated in a whirlwind of activity where the bee was swatted to the floor - Chloe quickly pounced on it and to all of us it seemed as if Chloe ate the bee.

During this time John and Henry were playing and having a great time. John started to put Henry down on the couch and Henry let out this amazing screech. At first we couldn't' figure out what was wrong with him and then we noticed that the yellow jacket had found its way over to Henry and stung his big toe.

Being another traumatic event for Henry and his parents. Poor Henry had a bee string on his toe, his foot was getting red, mom was calling the pediatrician and dad was on a mission to kill the horrible predator that just injured his precious son.

The end of the story is that Henry is doing fine. Mom and Dad are doing fine - And, the bee is now in bee heaven.