Mean ol' mosquitos!

We've known for some time that the girls are both very allergic to mosquitoes. When they are bitten by one, the area or limb will swell a lot, get very hot, and later become bruised. They often get fevers and become lethargic as well. Fortunately, we haven't had a lot of mosquitoes around where we live, and Caeden hasn't been bitten much. But it has been such a cool and wet summer, we have had more mosquitoes than usual the past couple weeks, and all the kids have been dealing with bites.

Yesterday afternoon we noticed Caeden's eye had a red mark by it, but thought maybe he had bonked it on something, because we didn't see a bite mark. This is what he looked like when he woke up this morning. Now we can see the bite mark by his eyebrow.

I gave him an ice pack, and Sylvia collected several of his stuffed animals for him and snuggled up with him to make him feel better. Poor little guy!