Worms

I put the feelers out into mothers group 1 re: the cause of Wendy's issues and the benefit of living in a high socioeconomic areas is that some of the parents are doctors. The anesthatist replied: could it be worms.

I stopped dead. I hadn't thought of that as a possibility at all.

And then when I read some good fact sheets from credible sources I was all but convinced. Phoned Pete to get worm tabs on his way home, thinking that oh, if we could just get treatment started maybe this whole crapness can end faster. It was close to close time at the pharmacy but somehow he managed and the chocolate appeared.

Wendy is a funny critter, she won't eat pizza if it doesn't look like what I make at home.
Actually there's a lot of things she won't eat if it doesn't look like what she's used to.

But when she saw the chocolate there was no issues with eating it. I guess that's the benefit of participating in Easter.

That night she was still just, tantrumy and Pete actually put a small dent in the wall with his fist due to the rage frustration.

At that time he wasn't convinced that it was worms.

Tuesday rolls around, and Wendy slept in for the first time.

I had started the mountain of cleaning that comes with the mere thought there is a worm infestation in the house (pinworm, threadworm, worms, bumworms...).

Everything in hot water. I was down at the laundromat to reduce the time dedicated to the task because May2 still can't be left for too long before screaming match ensues and also, there's a bit of a stormy weather brewing which means nothing is going to dry without a dryer.

Tuesday night- I take the potty out and get her to poop in it, and I think maybe, maybe I see the thread like "threadworm" appearance. But they're not moving at all and theyre like brown. But its shit, and the shit is brown, so the white potential worm is also brown. I don't know how in google images that the worms in the stool always seem to look clean and white. It's like did you wash the worm and then put it back on the poop and then took the photo? because if so, ew.

Anyhow.
The first night in a week she slept ok was Tuesday night.

Wednesday morning. After MAY2 shitty night, she pooped and when I looked in her nappy I found... a bit of blue playdough (lol) and then ... maybe the same sort of stringly like structure I saw in Wendy's poop. I booked the fasted GP appt with whatever random GP I could find (luckily bulk billed) and just. She didn't even want to look at the nappy, just gave me the request form for a parasites? STOOL SAMPLE and I was on my way. Since we were already outside the path office and I had the stool in the nappy in a bag handy, I did it then and there and now I'm waiting for the result. This kid, really, has been crawling everywhere. Picking up long lost food off the floor (yes I clean but she's quick) and eating.

Toys. Anything I cbb or can't figure out how to clean, has gone in the bin with more to come. Nothing like worms to help me clear out. Actually a few weeks back I put a lot of the toys into storeage cause I think we had too many and I just cbb constantly packing away toys that were just so plentiful she was throwing them around. Like. Where's the respect.

I should just take the whole lot down to salvos, (like, since they haven't had worm hands on them right?) and forget about them,

But in the midst of thinking about this I thought, Wow what if there was a worm egg on a toy and then this happened to another family. It put into perspective times I've taken toys home from the salvos with little regard for where it might have come from and what it's cleaning status was.

The GP said it was rarely seen (Worms) in Australia but also as the medicine is over the counter people probably usually don't bother going to the GP to sort it out.

My arse hole has been itchy since Tuesday btw.

And yes I had the chocolate too because it's safe in breastfeeding.

I feel yuck. Ah well.

I almost, almost wish we were in a heatwave so everything could dry properly. Instead of 4 hours extreme muggy heat in which things dry to 90% and then pouring muggy rain. And its meant to be spring.

I've washed all the doonas (that's a lot of loads) at the laundromat and dried them in the drier but im like 2% sure they might still be a little wet. So I should take them and put them through the dryer one more time so I can be 100% sure they're dry. Nothing like storing away a doona with a little dampness. Next winter it will be ... mould and smell no thanks.

I actually never usually wash a doona in hot water to be honest because its so much work and it's expensive. But the thought of worms and eggs make it worth it, for this year, and luckily its spring, I can wash it properly and then store it away. I've put out quick dry blankets for now because at least those can be washed and dried super easily.

So all this climate change is clearly occuring and Mr "I don't believe in climate change" is in power right now.

I'm glad the USA had a decisive victory because I think that leads to some stability. But I am really disheartened that this validates the type of male that I really don't want my daughters to ever be dating.

So thats where I stand with regards to the US election.

Not that I have anywhere to stand, since i stand in Australia. The land of the compulsory vote.

Dutton, sort of our Trump, Mr Nuclear power, I really don't think will win the next election but My man Albanese is sort of falling short.

Our media, making mountains out of molehills are saying the slogans Dutton has started using were the ones effective in the Trump campaign.

It's raining. I'm tired of washing. I want to clean more but I just can't be bothered.