Mosquito Bite

I mentioned earlier that while we were at Adam's house, Aiden got bit by a mosquito on his forehead. It really is the worst spot to get bit, and he had been complaining that it hurt him. We had been putting ice on it, which seemed to help. But once we got up in the airplane it got significantly worse. During our layover I stopped at a restaurant to get a cup of ice for him. The poor little guy was so uncomfortable, but was still so good. The boys have always done really well on the airplane, and he was being such a trooper.
I snapped these pictures on the shuttle taking us to our car.

My little Avatar!

At this point I think he was so happy that we were close to getting home and going to bed. We gave him some Benadryl and Tylenol to help with the pain.

He had already missed 2 days of school for our trip, and I really didn't want him missing anymore, so I prayed he would be better by the morning. No such luck. I think he looked worse, but he said he felt better. I asked him if he wanted to go to school, and I was met with an enthusiastic YES!! Boy do I hope this attitude continues throughout his school career ;)
So I sent a note to his teacher letting her know what happened and that if he was uncomfortable that there was an ice pack in his lunch box. And to call me if he needed to come home. He made it the whole day and the teacher sent an email to me letting me know how worried she was for him when he arrived and got the note, but he did great and never needed the ice pack. It took a few days for the swelling to go down, but I was so glad that he wasn't feeling bad anymore. I think that change in altitude pressure really did him in. He was still a cute little Avatar though :)