Sunday, January 9, 2011

Happy 8th Birthday to Cati!!!

On New Year's Day, we celebrated Cati's 8th birthday!






On the day before her birthday, we took Cati to get her ears pierced. She had her ears pierced about a year ago, but we had to let the holes close because she had a reaction to the earrings. Her one wish for Christmas was to get her ears re-pierced. For Christmas she received some pure titanium earrings, which is what people with metal allergies have to wear.







Well, we were PROMISED that the earrings that they used to pierce Cati's ears with were pure titanium. By the next morning, it was obvious that they were not. Her ears and the surrounding skin had an obvious angry red rash. We changed out the earrings for a pair she received for Christmas and treated her with Benedryl for a few days. The good news is that as I write this more than a week later her ears have completely healed and are not reacting to the good titanium earrings! This is a nice birthday gift for her :)
Happy Birthday, sweet girl!! You are a true blessing in our lives. Your beautiful smile brightens our days!