Camping, Graves, Eyeballs and the ER

It has been a pretty crazy week (hence our absence in blogland). It started when Travis went back to the doctor because his 'eye infection' hadn't cleared up and some comprehensive tests revealed that Travis has hyperthryoidism in the form of Graves disease (hence the bulging eyes). Don't worry, it sounds a lot worse than it actually is, we are just glad to know what has been going on with our big guy and he is scheduled to have his first radiation treatment on Wednesday.

This weekend was also our semiannual small group camping trip and while Little Man and I had a blast hanging out with the group on Friday, things took a turn on the downwardside for the Block family after that. When Trav arrived on Saturday his left eye was significantly more swollen than the other, bloodshot, foggy, and sensitive to light and air. We immediately headed to an urgent care facility to find out what was going on and they immediately sent us to the ER where they determined that he had something rather large lodged into the cornea. Six hours later the doctors were still unable to remove the 'object' and sent a very miserable man and his frustrated wife home to wait until Monday to meet with an opthamologist. This morning we finally were able to get a definitive answer to the new eye mystery when the opthamologist discovered Travis had a corneal ulcer.

Needless to say, it was a tough weekend.

On a lighter note, our Little Guy has developed a pretty strange habit that has us all scratching our heads (see the picture). At first we thought he was just alleviating the teething irritation but he pretty much just walks around with it in his mouth all the time. Kids do the s-t-r-a-n-g-e-s-t things.