The Scary Stuff

We woke up this morning as usual. We had to get going a little earlier than normal because I had a meeting. So I scurried around and went through our usual routine. I was running slightly late so of course, I was in a hurry. Chad gets up and (thankfully) gets Ava dressed. As I was walking into the living room, I caught a glimpse of her elbow. It was huge. After inspection, we determined that it was a bug bite. What type of bug I do not know, but as a mom, your thoughts automatically go to "brown recluse!" We were in the garage yesterday cleaning out things that have been in there since we moved in 5 years ago. And Ava was with us. Anyways, we went to the doctor's office. He said it was definitely a bug bite (all that education for that diagnosis, doc?! I kid. I kid.) We are now on "Elbow Watch". Poor Ava must think I've gone insane looking at her elbow every 20 minutes. :) The good news is that there has been no other symptoms besides a very low grade fever. And the bite doesn't seem to have gotten any worse. Either way... its scary stuff when your baby is sick. Take a look at the bites...