Six Months

Ava is six months old today. I was all prepared to take her in for pictures and celebrate by giving her an avocado. But instead were were sitting in the pediatrician's office with this:

Ava has a blocked tear duct, which we knew about, and apparently the eye and surrounding areas became irritated this morning. The tear duct itself should resolve on its own.  The rash is now gone and her eye looks almost normal.

I was more upset by all this than Ava was. I think I may have a little post traumatic stress about illnesses and such. If Ava's chart was not red flagged before, it is now. I am sure nurses think I am a bit off- they didn't think she needed to come in and I insisted that she be seen. There was panic in my voice as I envisioned her being admitted with some rare eye bacteria. But, she is fine, I am fine. I do feel like I need a stiff drink- it is before noon so I will refrain. Hopefully in a few days I will be able to do a cutesy six month update post.