{"id":3103,"date":"2016-12-26T02:51:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T07:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=3103"},"modified":"2016-12-26T02:51:53","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T07:51:53","slug":"a-merry-nutty-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2016\/12\/26\/a-merry-nutty-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"A Merry Nutty Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016.12.26.a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3119\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016.12.26.a-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"2016-12-26-a\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/70264888\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3113\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016.12.26.b.gif\" alt=\"2016-12-26-b\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>As the holidays approached, we were glad to have grandparents available nearby to watch the baby as we attended my department&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/california\/hilton-sacramento-arden-west-SMFHIHF\/index.html\">holiday party<\/a> and my wife&#8217;s division gathering. Westley got to come with us to my mentor&#8217;s holiday party, and even enjoyed some of the Chinese food there. In fact, he seems to have a general preference for Asian foods like rice, noodles, and congee. We&#8217;ve also exposed him to more exotic foodstuffs, from cumin and coriander to tofu and liver pate. His culinary journey was stopped short on Thursday, however, when he sampled a bit of peanut butter on toast. Within minutes, he was red, swollen, and agitated. I rushed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.target.com\">Target<\/a> for some baby Benadryl. But when my wife called to tell me it was getting worse, I told her to call 911. I got home and saw him surrounded by fire-fighters, but could hardly recognize his little swollen face. Fortunately, after getting Benadryl, epinephrine, and solumedrol at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sutterdavis.org\/\">Sutter Davis ER<\/a> (where we had just been for Melody&#8217;s appendicitis), he was looking much better. We nevertheless kept him under observation overnight at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu\/medicalcenter\/\">UCDMC<\/a>, where ironically I wasn&#8217;t even on call. On Saturday, we went for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/yangs-noodles-sacramento\">noodles and dumplings<\/a> with the in-laws, and made sure to bring along our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epipen.com\/about-epipen\">EpiPen Jr<\/a>. We then celebrated Westley&#8217;s first Christmas with unwrapping of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006WZNXBA\">presents<\/a>, followed by a trip down to Stockton for crabs with grandma and grandpa. We spent the rest of the 4-day weekend relaxing at home, finishing up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unchartedthegame.com\/en-us\/\">Uncharted 4<\/a> and getting my mind blown by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hbo.com\/westworld\">WestWorld<\/a> season one finale. I also binge-watched the third season of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/70264888\">Black Mirror<\/a>, where the episode <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4538072\/\">&#8220;San Junipero&#8221;<\/a> particularly resonated with us. The story of two women with disparate pasts who find love in a virtual world left us feeling warm and fuzzy to the tune of Belinda Carlisle&#8217;s &#8220;Heaven is a Place on Earth.&#8221; Despite our four trips to the ER this year, we were reminded of how fortunate we are to find love with each other, and to have Westley in our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the holidays approached, we were glad to have grandparents available nearby to watch the baby as we attended my department&#8217;s holiday party and my wife&#8217;s division gathering. 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