Last week was a write off for Karlee. She didn’t make it to school Monday or Tuesday due to hospital trips or Wednesday due to her continued fever. Thursday and Friday were teacher’s convention so she didn’t have school those days either.
Karlee had a fever on and off Thursday and Friday so we didn’t do a whole lot. Thursday morning she hadn’t had a fever since the night before so she went to gymnastics with Jamie’s Preschool. It was the first time she had managed to get there since the school started in September. Jennifer was hoping to take her most weeks, but between sickness and other commitments they have not made it. This was an exciting week since siblings are invited when they are off school. Both kids enjoyed themselves and got to do some gymnastics.
Saturday afternoon we all went down to Fish Creek with the dog to look for a couple of geocaches. We went for a nice walk and found a couple of caches fairly easily. We then headed the wrong way to find the bridge and by the time we realized it we were better off heading back to the car as Karlee was starting to get tired. Sunday we went to check out the penguins at the Calgary zoo. The new exhibit is incredible and well worth the wait. We were there just after 9am and the wait was only about 45 minutes to get in. There are 4 breeds of penguins there and they are very entertaining to watch. We spent a little time wandering around the zoo, but again Karlee wasn’t up to too much. Monday, after hockey, I took the kids down to Fish Creek to find the other 2 caches we were looking for. We found the first one fairly quickly, but the 2nd on was a little more challenging. We looped around the long way and got within about 30 yards and the GPS batteries died. Of course I went to the pack to find the extra batteries and found that Jennifer had put them in the drawer… so we will have to go back to find that one another day.
Karlee made it to school on Tuesday and Wednesday, but we noticed her eye was a little bloodshot both days. Wednesday I took her to the eye doctor and we found out she had a viral eye infection. Of course this resulted in a steroid eye drop and another day off of school. Karlee is having a hard time getting to school this month. Hopefully the rest of the year will be al little better. Friday Jennifer took Karlee back to the eye doctor as her eye wasn’t clearing up as fast as they would have liked. Once they looked closely at her eye with their fancy tools they were sure the drops were working, just a little slower. Monday she went back to the eye doctor again and they were happy with the progress her eye had made and said we could go down to once a day for the drops.
Just to make everything a little more miserable, the hard drive in the new computer has crashed and we have lost 2 months worth of pictures and a bunch of Jennifer’s scrapbooking. I have started to play with it to see if I can recover any of the data, but it looks like it might be a tough, long process.
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