Monday, September 17, 2007

And back to the ER....

Well, Gabby and I had a nice visit in New Brunswick! We got to see Tyler and Denise and their baby, and Steph and Ben and their baby.... And we also went to Sussex, and Gabby met some of the greatest professors and staff, and we ran into Ceri for about 5 minutes. It was so neat to see all these people again!

On Friday, when we were coming back to the island, I noticed another spot on her bum. This time it was on the other side. It looked just like the first one... I decided to wait and see what happened with it. When it was still there Sunday morning, Chris and I chose to take her back to the ER. Good thing we did. As it turns out, it may not be a bite of any kind after all. It may be a virus. The doctor poked it with a needle and took a sample of the puss (sorry TMI). I didn't watch, Chris held her, but he said that it just kept ooozing... She is on a different antibiotic, and we are putting polysporin on the spot, and covering it with so gauzy bandage.... She is still her normal self, and she was such a good girl! We will know the results of the sample in about 3 days.... I will post again when we find out.

5 comments:

Mommy of Four said...

That's really odd!! Did the doc say anything other than it might be a virus? Any clues as to what kind? Or anything...???

Richards' said...

he said it looks like it might be a viral infection of some kind... He said he can't know for sure until the results of the swab come back... but since it is happening in her diaper area it may be caused by the rubbing of the diaper on her skin... it sounds weird, but I have her in cloth diapers 24/7 right now... to see if she still gets them. I am home all the time with her now, so it is not an issue to keep her in the cloth... but baby will be here any day now... so I hope they figure out the problem quick!

Angela said...

poor little thing! Sometimes viruses do manifest themselves in strange ways. It's so hard to watch our little people go through these not so fun things.

Mommy of Four said...

What's the verdict on the swab??

Richards' said...

Well, I guess it is viral.... They called to check on her and left a message, but did not say what it was.... but they also told us at the ER that if it was viral, the meds she was on would clear it up... and it did.... She goes to her doctor on Tuesday, so I will be talking to them about it then.