Not so Happy Halloween 7th Birthday

So yesterday was Aubrey's 7th birthday and she was so excited. I brought chocolate dipped marshmallows and huge Costco cupcakes to school for her class and she was so happy to have her friends get a yummo treat. So then she got home from school and wasn't looking to hot, she said she had a really bad sore throat and just kind of hung out until some friends came over. Then it was time for corn chowder her favorite and she only ate one bite.WHAT!! So she got her costume on and we left for trick or treating. During the walk (about 10feet) to the first house, she started balling her eyes out saying that her side hurt and she couldn't breathe. So Dave and I told her to just calm down and have fun and go trick -or- treating. Well at about the 4th house Dave carried her for a couple minutes and when he put her down she immediately cried and said she didn't want to trick-or-treat she just wanted to go home and lay down. So then I looked at her and she asked me to take her to the hospital. OK something seriously wrong with that. So I picked her up and walked as fast as I could back to the car. She started not breathing right and o Dave's mom drove us to the ER. So we go in and they see that she's in distress, her hands were purple and she was crying but not breathing normally. They hooked her up to oxygen and start listening to her, but every time they moved her she was retching in pain. So they took an x-ray of her chest and then told us she had a huge air bubble in her large intestine that was pushing on her diaphragm causing excruciating pain. So they talked to her and gave her the choice of sitting on the toilet or getting an enema. She chose the enema without further discussion. I was so proud of her. Needless to say her side felt a lot better shortly after. The Dr even gave her a build a bear for being there on her birthday. So by the time we got home everyone has left so we had to have her cake and ice cream the next night. Not a Halloween she'd like to remember. Poor punky!! Here are the only shots I got of the night.

Aubrey as a Vampiress

The only forced smile I got all night

Is Boyd not the cutest scarecrow you've ever seen?!!


First time trick-or-treating together alone at the door

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