The "tourniquet hair"-they could lose a toe or a penis!

           Jordan is playing with Tess and she discovers a scab on the bottom of her right foot and one toe is red.  I come over and look at it.  It’s 3 toes with a scab along them.  Jordan is mortified. “I am a bad mother!” How many times have we all said that? I tell her to calm down, lets soak her feet. Tess has gotten fat and her toes are all curled under-she hates to have you touch them.

We do, though Tess doesn’t like that idea. She’s not crazy around water, she looks at Jordan with pleading eyes and whimpers . She hasn’t had too many baths.

We think it’s either Athlete’s foot or a fungus!

          We take the babies to the doctor. We borrow Sydney’s car and when we get to the doctor’s office, in Brooklyn Heights, I must stay in the car.  No parking!  It’s freezing cold and I periodically turn the heat on.  Jordan left the stroller in the car, no point since you have to go down steps to get into the office.

I read and make phone calls

When Jordan comes out she tells me that it’s a “tourniquet hair”-probably one of her own hairs (Jordan’s).

         “It’s a human hair that gets wrapped around the toes or the penis of a baby Jordan explains.  “As they move their feet in their socks or clothes, the hair gets twisted tighter and tighter.  It cuts off circulation, they can lose a toe or penis!”  This is something new, of course there is always something new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!