Cellulitis was the diganosis
Man, I hate being thrown for a loop and that has happened again without a lot of time to recover from each. We took G to the dr's yesterday and I knew that his foot was not good, and that it needed to be looked at, I was really thrown for a loop when I found out just how bad it really was. He was offically diagnosed with cellulitis and the dr was very close to just sending us to the hospital for an overnight stay and IV antibiotics. We had two dr's look at it and they decided to go with a more conservative approach. He got a big shot, some antibiotics, and he is to be off his foot for the weekend and we go back first thing Monday morning to have it rechecked. She out lined(and intialed, put the time down) the wound and we were instructed that if an of the redness moved at all we were to go to the ER, immediately.
We were able to get the antibiotics on the way home and we plopped him down on the couch with some crayons and a movie and kept it elevated most of the day. No easy feat when you have a very active 6 year old. We also gave him some liquid benedryl to help with the itching and help slow him down. We kept a super close eye on him all day and most of the night. Steph was home most of the day and she helped distract G with a few games of war and colored with him. In the evening we once again sat on the deck, played cards, chatted and she even took a turn going in and checking on it while he was sleeping. We set the alarm and got up in the middle of the night to give him his antiboitic to make sure the levels are staying constant.
The line from the wound hasn't moved, it receeded a little, the swelling has gone down, it's much less red, but the center of it still looks icky. We go back first thing tomorrow morning and I'm really glad we are going to have it re-checked.
Here are some pictures(they aren't overly gross):
This is yesterday, around Noon, about an hour after the antibiotic shot:
Here it is first thing this morning:
It is still more red than I would like, but I guess it is an improvement over yesterday.
posted by Sarah @ 7:29 AM
2 Comments:
How frightening! I've never heard of cellulitis, but it almost looks like blood poisoning! Yikes!!!
How scary Sarah! It definitely looks better, and I can see significantly less swelling of the red areas and his toes, so that is a really good sign. That is a pretty serious infection, and without IV antibiotics, it is going to take a while to show dramatic improvement. But in this case, I definitely think that trying to treat it without an IV was the right thing to do (from a financial perspective, and the fact that he is a child). What a rotten few days for you. {{{hugs}}} to you and your whole family.
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