Milial Dermatitis And A Big Texas Hairdo

Unfortunately I had to work this past Saturday. Or to clarify, I offered to do about 1/2 hour of work, and then I got called for a problem that took all day to resolve. And I also did the 1/2 hour of work while I was at it. But before that, I helped Kevin tidy the apartment, vaccuumed everything, washed bedding, cleaned the bathrooms, baked an apple crumble (yes, the crust was homemade too), showered, and then went with Kevin to pick his parents up from the airport at noon.

The weekend otherwise went swimmingly. There were few arguments and many games of poker. Many meals were eaten out, and a good few leisurely strolls followed those meals. If I could change one thing, I suppose it would be the sleeping arrangements.

We give Billie her own room for a reason. But we put Kevin's parents in our room for the weekend, and imposed upon Billie so we could sleep on the futon. I spent three nights sleeping for 4 hours, and petting her every 20 minutes or so for another 4 hours. My right hand is just about shredded because she would get overly excited that I was paying attention to her. So as the days passed, I became less coherent and less patient. But I did well for having been generally exhausted.... at least from what I can remember. I even let Kevin's mom put my hair in rollers. Kevin returned from a lecture at precisely the right moment. After he greeted us and was asked for an honest opinion, his response was, "Mom - don't you think that's a little too tall!?" She had been teasing it up for a good couple of minutes.

Also, I took Billie back to the UW Vet Clinic yesterday afternoon to another dermatologist. Their final diagnosis was that she has milial dermatitis caused by environmental allergies. They could not explain how she developed full blown allergies over the course of one weekend. They were able to determine that their routine allergy screening would not give us any dependable results, so we will therefore need to perform some very expensive intradermal skin tests to find out what she's reacting to. Then we'll be able to give her a shot every day to help minimize her reaction to those allergens. Then there will be a chance that her skin will clear up.

¡Quiquiriquí!