Yucky Rash & April Snow

So for the last couple of months I have been dealing with a lovely red, itchy rash on my face. It has been driving me crazy. I have taken Claritin and Benydril as well as put on a topical ointment that is supposed to help with the itch. No relief from any of it. So while we were in Utah for Spring Break I called my Cousins husband who is a dermatologist in Logan and they squeezed me in to check it out. He thinks it is an allergic reaction to something so I got the pleasure of wearing three large stickers on my back that had 29 little squares with different ingredients in each. If I reacted to some of them they would know what I was allergic to. My appointment was on Wednesday and had to wear the patches until my next appointment on Friday. My Wednesday appointment was at 8:30 in the morning. Logan is just over 2 hours north east of Provo. Glenn and I had to leave around 5:30 so we could for sure be on time. We planned to leave the girls sleeping and then Mom would take care of them when they woke up. Both of them woke up before we left so Mom had the pleasure of listening to Zoe cry uncontrollably for about 45 minutes after we left. Sorry for the unpleasant experience Mom, but thank you for taking her on!

So the real point of this post is this...on our way up on Wednesday we had some nasty weather just outside of Logan. Then on our way home this is what we drove in all the way back...



Are you kidding me?! It's April! Where are the flowers? The green grass? The blooming trees? Thursday morning we woke up to this...

It was really cool to see how winter and spring kind of collided here. The blossoms were so pretty and the looked like they had been sprinkled with sugar. Very pretty.

So my Friday appointment was late in the afternoon and Glenn had left the afternoon before to get ready for a weekend camp out so Mom and Dad decided they would ride with me to Logan. Our weather was beautiful. It finally looked and felt like spring. I love spring! Warmer weather, pretty blossoms and new life. Mom and Dad's neighbors have sheep and there are a couple of new babies that are so cute and energetic.

Test results: apparently I had some kind of reaction to every patch. Not cool! Now we have no idea what is causing the rash on my face. Super. They gave me lots of samples of things to try and if it doesn't get better in the next few weeks they want me to come back in. So far no luck with any of it. It swells up and itches like crazy every three or four days. Today was an itchy flare up day. It wasn't as red as usual, but it is itching like no bodies business. I hate to leave the house because I look hideous. I'm sure I've scared a few kids at Maggie's school by now. It is so frustrating to not know what the cause is. I have no idea how to make it stop. The next step is to go to an actual allergist and get more specific testing done. I can not afford the next step! I guess I get to have a red rashy face. Fun for me.

When we went back on Friday we had a few extra minutes so we were able to go see Glenn's brother and his wife. Bob knew that we were planning to come back and may drop in on him, but Shirley was totally surprised when we walked into her office. It was the first time Shirley had ever seen Zoe and she took right to her. Shocking, I know! Zoe doesn't take to people very easily. They usually have to work for her affection.

I'm having some posting issues. I just deleted two of my pictures. I'm not fixing it right now. I have a few minutes to myself so blogging is getting put on hold...AGAIN!