Another long day

I had an ob/gyn appointment at 10:15 today. By 11:15, my daughter was very bored in the waiting room and behaving very badly. When I tried to see about rescheduling the appointment, we found out the doctor was delivering a baby, but it a regular vaginal birth, and I was the third patient she'd see after she was done. Fifteen minutes later, we got called to the check-in area and were told the delivery had turned into an emergency C-section. The ladies tried to reschedule the appointment, but I'm only available on days J doesn't have preschool because they can't guarantee that I'll be done in time to pick her up. Also, I can't do any appointments that will interfere with waiting for N's bus to either pick him up or drop him off. Finally they thought they could get me in and out in time at 12:45 p.m. today, understanding that no matter what was going on, I was leaving to meet my son's bus at 3:30 p.m.

J and I went home, stopping for a sandwich at the Subway at the hospital. We ate and she played in the yard a bit and then we returned to the doctor's office. We did see the doctor and got out in plenty of time to wait for N's bus. When we got home, there was a message on my answering machine. It was from the health clinic at N's school. I called them back. They had found five nits in N's hair and stopped and called me to come and get him at that point.

I went and picked up N. I took him outside to see better to comb him, and found his head full of tiny lice, not the big ones I had combed out earlier. Some were even alive. It was disgusting. I've been combing him with a nit comb every day since we found out about the problem. His itching hasn't relented. Now I know why. I called N's doctor's office and left a message for the nurses. N got yet another shower, and I tried combing him out with his head full of creme rinse. This evening the doctor called me back and told me to do the insecticidal treatment one week from the last (which will be Friday). Then when after I rinse it out Saturday morning, to use something called Step 2 to dissolve the bonds the eggs have to the hair shaft and comb him out again. Then wet comb him (with creme rinse). Then wet comb him with creme rinse every three days for a total of four combings. At that point the lice should be gone.

I've been re-washing his bedding, and I got another can of spray for places like my car and the sofa. This is driving me crazy. Fortunately, all was well at the ob/gyn appointment.