boo boo face still boo booed

Boo Boo Face - Day 3 (yesterday)

Boo Boo Face - Day 4 (today)

This crying wasn't from pain. Mean Mommy wouldn't give him the camera.

We've had a rough couple of days, as you can see. Jonah will go all day not hurting his face, and then BOOM he has a little, normal, toddler fall or bumps into a corner or I have to pat his face to clean it, and all of his skin comes off again. The two on his forehead keep growing and filling up, so I have to cut them with suture scissors, which makes them look worse. His upper lip has opened twice today and bled like crazy both times, so that's no closer to healing. Ugh. 

Tomorrow we leave for Matt's parents house. I'm excited about a few days away. We were going to go to this tomorrow night, but we may just do the drive through part now. Jonah won't know what he's missing and I just don't know that we can handle the stares and questions. He looks so incredibly rough right now, and there will be so many kids there. And kids ask questions... I'm so torn. Part of me is like, "Screw it. Forget everybody else and just give Jonah the experience." The other part of me is like, "Getting mean stares and comments and questions all night sounds miserable, and after this tough week, I just don't feel like I have the emotional energy to deal with it." I guess it's yet to be seen what part will win out.

Please keep praying. He has been much fussier the last few days. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with his face, but he's also throwing up more and seeming more mucusy, so he may have a touch of something. Matt has a sore throat, no voice, and is super achy, so Jonah may be picking that up too. 

I don't like being down at Christmas time. :( Good thing tomorrow is a new day!

boo boo face update

Day two of boo boo face. He slept peacefully last night but I could tell he had rubbed his nose at some point, as it was pretty bloody. I knew he would look pretty rough today but things were scabbing over well... until... he was playing in the kitchen and bumped his nose into the cabinet, ripped off what had already scabbed and also the rest of the skin that had been okay. He also added another forehead blister to his collection. Bummer. This whole toddling thing is killer.

Then, I tried to put some ointment on it to help it heal faster, but all that did was soften the scab on his cheek and so that's raw again too. Sigh.

We're pretty sad about it, to say the least, but he always heals, and this too shall pass. He has acted fussier today than usual, so I do think he's had some pain from it. But he did great during bandage change and I didn't have to redrain anything on his face, so that was awesome. He does NOT want me to touch it. I probably shouldn't have, but I put some Bactroban on it tonight to try to get it to scab over more quickly and I'm keeping him on Ibuprofen. Poor Buddy. I just wish there was a way I could wrap it up and protect him from himself. But Matt and I decided long ago that we'd rather him live and get hurt than not live. We protect him the best we can and we pray for mercy and healing to fill in the gaps. A boy's got to explore!

The good news today? THESE SHOES!

Y'all would not believe the shoes I have tried to get on Jonah's feet. I've tried Pedipeds, Preschoolians, Crocs, Stride Rite and on and on. The ONLY thing he could wear was the Converse One Stars, but we had to completely unlace them, shove his foot in (to the point where he was often in tears), and then relace them. Because of all the bandaging on his foot (three layers), nothing has been wide enough or had a deep enough toe. But these? THESE ARE AWESOME! They are New Balance Extra Wides and they slip on like a breeze and the velcro actually goes (almost) all the way across. I ordered him a size 6, which are too long but will go on, so I just ordered some 5.5's that I want to try. I hope they'll go on too! Either way, I'll keep the 6's and use them even if they are too long. Thank you, God, for REAL shoes that will go on easily!

Thanks for all the prayers for Jonah. We feel them. So far his lip hasn't opened back up, so that is great news. Please pray for his sweet nose. It was so raw tonight, it wouldn't even hold any cream. :(

As always, many many thanks!