cyclops and elephant ear

We had a very lovely stay at Wilderness State Park. Along with my sister and her family, we stayed for 10 days. Shocked that I camped for 10 days with a 3 year old and a 5 year old? Me too!!! Our spots were right next to the beach and some swings facing the water so it was actually very tranquil. The first morning there, however, proved to be less than tranquil. My 3 year old woke up unable to open her eye. It was completely swelled shut!! We didn't know if it was an eye infection or bug bite so we put benadryl cream on it and hoped for the best. We all went to the beach and she passed out on the beach with like a marathon of a nap. (I now realize that the benadryl cream soaked into her skin and caused a sleepy reaction like I gave her several tablets-oops!) And when she woke up it looked as if someone had inserted one of her prized bouncy balls from Old Navy behind her eye lid. Yikes!! So of course I began to freak out a bit. My sister and I ran up to the DNR office and began my mirage of phone calls to her pediatrian, etc. for direction for my poor sweet cyclops child. As we are quickly changing out of bathing suits and brushing the sand from our skin to make the trip across the Mackinaw Bridge to the Urgent Care office, who should come bounding from the beach calling-"Wait, Wait"! but my brother in law, Bill carrying my 5 year old. My stomach dropped. Brooklyn's left ear was swollen 3 times larger than her right ear. SO needless to say, we loaded her into the truck as well and proceeded to St. Ignace. Crossing the Mackinaw Bridge is always such a big deal to me. It's silly actually because I'm sure that I've probably passed through 20 times in my life. However, I'm always thinking about the history of the bridge, and all the people who died building it, and of course what would happen to us if our truck were to blow off or if the bridge were to cave in. Needless to say, we didn't blow off. We did have a nice drive through St. Ignace, however. We drove through the entire town and they just happened to be having a car show. Brooklyn (with her gigantic ear in the back seat) spied the elephant ear kiosk and of course started asking us to stop and get her one. So of course prompted us to reply-You already have an elephant ear. We are just missing the sugar and grease. Very ridiculous, I know. We did eventually find the Urgent Care. And by the way, should any of you ever have an emergency situation in the UP or Mackinaw City, I would highly recommend it. The staff was very professional, nice, and we were in and out quickly. Turns out, both of my daughters were having severe reactions to.......I know, the anticipation is killing you.....drum roll please....mosquito bites. I will say this-the mosquito situation up there is insane. That is the only negative to our family vacation. The area is beautiful. We were able to collect caterpillars, see deer, bats, frogs, snakes, a beautiful sky full of stars, and best of all happy playing children. Bill (my brother-in-law) as always, outdid himself being the grill master. Lori, as always, outdid herself as being just a great sister to me and aunt to my kids. And we all outdid ourselves in being a constant source of goofiness, and dumb humor. We all just have so much fun laughing at ourselves and each other. I think that's what family is all about.