Vern was home for one night and then off to summer camp #2. This was a Boy Scout Camp near Medicine Mountain in South Dakota.
There were many hurdles for this trip. First his dad backed out at the last minute. This did not leave us any time to arrange for Superman to go. Coincidence? I think not.
Next Vern's second day there entailed a long trip to town to a doctor!~~!!! Vern's allergies were acting up so badly he said that his throat was getting tight. So in addition to his normal allergy medication, he got additional nasal spray plus Benedryl. He was stuffy the entire trip. I heard from another mom that the pine trees were pollinating so I am guessing that is what made Vern so stuffy and miserable.
Then it was onto the bug bites. Camp number 1 left him with chiggers and bug bites on his legs so on camp #2 he scratched and scratched until they bled. He may have some scars with those horrible bites. When he got home I had him use hydrocortizone and now he is doing better.
Rain, storms and more rain. There were thunderstorms every single day of his camp. Not fun but he managed. It was also cold.
Yes there is more!
Vern had a run in with some nails in a board in tall grass. He wasn't wearing his boots as they had given him some nasty blisters so he just had on his running shoes. Well you guessed it, Vern was walking through the tall grass and bam. He stepped on the board containing the nails and one punctured his foot. Thank goodness it didn't go all the way through his foot! He had a nasty hole in the bottom of his foot and a limp for a few days.
Next was the bad food. If Vern says the food is bad, it is BAD! He said some of the food was expired for 3 years. The Oreo cookies had green stuff in the middle instead of the normal white. Thank goodness his tent mate had a lot of snacks and was willing to share.
Finally Vern was home but that is not the end of the story.
Vern had been away from mom for 2 weeks so he had none of her "Eat your vegetables." "Don't eat so much junk food." or the infamous... "Eat that crap and you won't be able to poop!" Yep I get home from work on Tuesday night and the tummy was hurting. Vern was also having issues going P. Finally we got tired of the screaming and took him to Children's ER. We arrived around 10:30 pm. You know how ER's are...wait-wait-wait.
Doc finally sees Vern and we take an x-ray. Vern is all backed up. He gets his first enema in his life and low and behold it does not work!!!! We get a prescription and head home. Finally climb into bed around 3:15 am. Talk about a short night... Zzz Here is a photo of Vern in his hospital garb.
There were many hurdles for this trip. First his dad backed out at the last minute. This did not leave us any time to arrange for Superman to go. Coincidence? I think not.
Next Vern's second day there entailed a long trip to town to a doctor!~~!!! Vern's allergies were acting up so badly he said that his throat was getting tight. So in addition to his normal allergy medication, he got additional nasal spray plus Benedryl. He was stuffy the entire trip. I heard from another mom that the pine trees were pollinating so I am guessing that is what made Vern so stuffy and miserable.
Then it was onto the bug bites. Camp number 1 left him with chiggers and bug bites on his legs so on camp #2 he scratched and scratched until they bled. He may have some scars with those horrible bites. When he got home I had him use hydrocortizone and now he is doing better.
Rain, storms and more rain. There were thunderstorms every single day of his camp. Not fun but he managed. It was also cold.
Yes there is more!
Vern had a run in with some nails in a board in tall grass. He wasn't wearing his boots as they had given him some nasty blisters so he just had on his running shoes. Well you guessed it, Vern was walking through the tall grass and bam. He stepped on the board containing the nails and one punctured his foot. Thank goodness it didn't go all the way through his foot! He had a nasty hole in the bottom of his foot and a limp for a few days.
Next was the bad food. If Vern says the food is bad, it is BAD! He said some of the food was expired for 3 years. The Oreo cookies had green stuff in the middle instead of the normal white. Thank goodness his tent mate had a lot of snacks and was willing to share.
Finally Vern was home but that is not the end of the story.
Vern had been away from mom for 2 weeks so he had none of her "Eat your vegetables." "Don't eat so much junk food." or the infamous... "Eat that crap and you won't be able to poop!" Yep I get home from work on Tuesday night and the tummy was hurting. Vern was also having issues going P. Finally we got tired of the screaming and took him to Children's ER. We arrived around 10:30 pm. You know how ER's are...wait-wait-wait.
Doc finally sees Vern and we take an x-ray. Vern is all backed up. He gets his first enema in his life and low and behold it does not work!!!! We get a prescription and head home. Finally climb into bed around 3:15 am. Talk about a short night... Zzz Here is a photo of Vern in his hospital garb.
Happy Pooping!!!!
