We had a bit of a scary adventure the other night. We were at a local shopping center to have dinner (some of the better restaurants here are in the shopping malls). After dinner, we roamed around a bit just enjoying being out together as a family. Well, inside the shopping malls here, there are long FLAT escalators. You roll your baby buggy, shopping trolley etc right onto the flat escalator and down or up you go. The mall was particularly crowded thus the escalators were packed with shoppers with very full trolleys. We were descending on the escalator when we heard a loud crash, people screaming, and folks tried to climb back up the escalator. All we could think to do was put the kids on the uphill side, face uphill at bit, and brace. We were packed on like sheep. Thankfully, somebody managed to press the emergency stop button and the thing quit moving. Everyone then proceeded down under their own foot power. When we reached the bottom, a trolley had smashed into the glass side sending glass EVERYWHERE, and trolley contents were scattered all over. We were very thankful that nobody was crushed.
Now, on to the itchy rat saga.
Our pet rat, Daisy, has suffered from very itchy skin for a very long time now - over a year at least. I took her to a local vet who diagnosed her with mites. She received 3 injections of Ivermectin totaling over $300 U.S. (which did not help). She continued to itch until she bled. Finally, I got desperate. I glopped 0.1% hydrocortisone ointment on her where she was scabby or itchy. I've done this every night now for two weeks. She is totally cured. Yippeee!!!!! And, she does not seem to suffer any ill effects from the ointment all over her.
And lastly, today's snap is of Munchkin #1 swimming in his most excellent newish mask.
Peace.
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