Sick Child

Our son had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic.  This happened before, seven years ago.  He was hospitalized with a rash covering his body, swelling, and fever.  Eventually steroid and antihistamines helped him recover and we not only made sure his medical records banned that antibiotic but also had him tested for sensitivity to other antibiotics, with no problems.

He's not been sick much in the past seven years, but he has been on other antibiotics without a reaction.  This time he reacted badly.  My wife stayed home with him all week.  Halfway through he started being able to sleep soundly.

He's going to be on medicines for a while that will keep him groggy.  We plan to send him back to school tomorrow.

It is a deep feeling of impotence, watching your child suffer and not being able to make it better in a timely fashion.

Self Confidence

I've been trusting in my abilities more lately, and it's helped me to achieve more.  This stands in contrast with some low periods in my life where mistakes seemed to cascade and I started to question all of my choices.

I am putting more time into preparing for tasks, so that's part of it.  The other part is that like most people I get better at things when I do them more often.

So it's been crazy with my schedule but (so far) a fun crazy.