An Unforgettable Trip

Ransom and I had been planning a trip to San Diego for months. His mom and David were nice enough to drive up from Arizona to come and watch Conrad for us (thanks!). It was a long drive to San Diego, but we made it. We stayed at this weird little hotel called The Pearl. You could hear people hanging out at the restaurant and by the pool well after 1am. It was quite the party place.

A little bit of background about Ransom's eye. He gets this weird thing where his eye will start watering and hurt a little bit. He usually takes some benadryl and it goes away.

The next day we went to go look at a lighthouse at Point Loma. Ransom's eye was starting to water a little bit, but he didn't want to go get any medicine. The lighthouse was a disappointment because it was being fixed so it was all covered. Next, we decided to go to Balboa Park. It sounded like a cool place, but there was absolutely nothing to do so we decided to go to Old Town. We started walking around and I could tell his eye was really starting to bother him, but he still didn't want to get any medicine. All we could see were Mexican restaurants and tourist shops that sold a bunch of junk. We couldn't figure out why people loved this place until Rans finally decided it was hurting bad enough that he wanted to go get some medicine. As we were trying to find the car we found all the cool places. I was kind of bummed to leave, but I could tell he was miserable so it really wouldn't have been that fun to stay.

We went and got his medicine and I took him back to the hotel so he could get some rest. After a few hours it was a little better, but it was weird it hadn't gone away. We decided to go and get dinner. He went and asked the front desk for a good bbq place. They recommended a place called Phil's and it was packed. You had to stand in line and it was over 25 minutes. I was happy staying, but Ransom didn't want to so we went to find something else. We had my parents GPS and you can tell it that you want to go get food and it will show you all the closest places. We tried to find 3 or 4 of them, but none of the places existed when we got to the destination. It was funny the first couple of times, but then I just got frustrated and wanted to eat. After about 45 minutes of driving ALL over San Diego Ransom finally picked a place that was right by our hotel.

On Saturday his eye still wasn't doing any better. I told him I thought we should go to the ER, but he refused. We went to this huge aircraft carrier that had been decommissioned. It was so amazing to see how the men and women had to live while they were on it. It gave me a much greater respect for them because I could never do it. Ransom was miserable through the whole thing. He tried to fake it a long, but I knew he wasn't having fun, especially when he turned down a flight simulator. I finally told him that we were going to the ER.

After a quick call to my mom, we were on our way. We waited in the waiting room for 2 or 3 hours. I felt so bad for Ransom. He really looked miserable. After we got called back we probably waited another hour or 2 before the doctor came to see us. Ransom was at least in a semi comfortable bed, but the pain was getting worse. He said that it felt like someone was drilling in his eye. They gave him some eye numbing drops and checked out his eye. They said it was just an infection and gave him some antibiotics he needed to take. He started feeling a lot better after they numbed his eye.

While they filled his prescription we went to find a place to eat. We played the same GPS food game. I don't think there is a road we didn't travel on by the end! Finally we just went and picked up the prescription and decided to just eat once we got to Coronado. I was looking forward to visiting Coronado more than anything. It's a little beach town and it is so beautiful. When we got there it was so foggy you couldn't even see anything. We ate at a yummy mexican restaurant and walked around a little bit. It was the funnest part of the whole trip because Ransom finally felt good!

On Sunday we drove home. I was so excited to go and see my little Conrad. I missed him so much. I think it will be a while before I'm ready to leave him for that long again. -Katie

1 & 2: Ransom at a Police Museum

3: us by the ocean

1: San Diego

2 & 3: Ransom on an Aircraft Carrier

4: Ransom in the ER