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Trula — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:35:59 +0000

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Teenage Son & Hygiene Issues

Trula — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:22:00 +0000

Scott is 15 and a freshman in high school. I thought by this age I would no longer have to battle him about washing, but this is still happening. It was cute when he was little (don’t ask me why I thought that) then got annoying when he started puberty and really started sweating a lot, in the 6th grade or so. Now it’s downright disgusting and embarrassing. He thinks nothing of going many days without washing, just getting up, throwing on some clothes, and going off to school. He doesn’t seem to realize how strong body odors have a negative impact on other people. He has also discovered those body sprays like Axe…he seems to think if he just sprays that on it will muffle the stink. It doesn’t! Then you just smell B.O with body spray on it. Yuck!

So I’ve been butting heads with him over this, and getting very frustrated about it. At his age I should not have to manage this; he should be self-directed enough to take a shower or bath without mom and dad telling him to do it. I realized that was a big part of the problem, Brian and I weren’t putting the responsibility of this on him. We decided to do this. We sat down with him and told him he would have to make sure he showered daily on his own, and if we had to remind him 3 times in a row then we would put a chart on a wall that he would have to check off on. We suggested that he start showering at night, that way he wouldn’t have to get up any earlier for school. We asked him if he agreed to do this. He said yes.

So far, so good! I haven’t had to remind him even once this week.

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Scott’s Football Awards

Trula — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:51:22 +0000

Scott at the Football awards ceremony. The team had a great season, he really enjoyed playing. He learned a lot about dedication and discipline.

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Todd Was In the Hospital

Trula — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:56:41 +0000

My son Todd got this sudden lump on his neck. It appeared one night right before bedtime, and looked like a spider bite. By early morning it was the size and feel of a soft-boiled egg. He wasn’t in any pain and not feverish, so I held off rushing him to the emergency room and waited until the doctor’s office opened to call them. By then he did have a fever, and so I made an appointment for that morning. Going to the doctor was an adventure in and of itself! Tons of little kids with masks on. The place was packed.

Todd, to be funny, told me the lump on his neck was an alien parasite. He said this with a straight face, then he laughed manically. I don’t know who he gets his sense of humor from more; me or Brian So Todd’s ‘alien parasite’ neck lump turned out to be an infection in one of his lymph nodes. He was in the hospital from Oct.22-26th and went back to school on the 29th. Mostly back up to speed by the 30th and enjoyed Halloween.

It was such an experience! We took him to the doctor and next thing, he’s being admitted to the hospital for possible surgery. It turned out all they had to do was give him extra strength antibiotics via IV for a few days, then home to continue treatment by pills. He finished up the pills last week, thank god. This infection can be caused by all sorts of things, but without a culture from the actual infected lymph node they couldn’t tell what specific bacteria caused it. Since they couldn’t do that without actual cutting (there was no fluid per se so they couldn’t drain it) we declined. It can be caused by staph, strep (though strep was ruled out via throat culture), even a cat scratch can trigger it. Since he just got over the flu a few days prior to this happening the docs suspect it was a case of his immunity still being so low when he got infected with this.

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Scott Going to Homecoming

Trula — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:21:00 +0000

A few pics of Scott preparing to go to the Homecoming Dance at his high school. He is a freshman and this was his first high school dance. He had a great time!

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