1 Day At a Time
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difficult child and I are here together in his hospital room. What a shock! Two days ago he came home from school with horrible pain in his back, arms, and foot. I took his temp , it was high - and checked out his foot. Oh my, his foot was three times its normal size and a bright, angry red color.
husband and I scooped him up and took him to see the doctor immediately. His doctor was gone and he saw another doctor who really doesn't know his history. She said, looks like an infection - so she took a culture and said I'll give him an antibiotic shot and send him home with oral medications. I was just amazed that she would suggest this with difficult child's extensive medical history. I asked, don't you think he needs to go to the hospital for IV antibiotics. Not her favorite question, but she said , "Well if you really think he needs to, I guess you need to go check".
After a whisk through the emergency room, we were admitted to the first available bed. Unfortunately, it turns out difficult child has MRSA. We've been working hard for years to prevent this, but there it is. We think he picked this bug up when he went to see his plastic surgeon last week, just no way around it. Now he's quite ill , needing IV antibiotics for days and possible surgical drainage of his foot. It's amazing how quickly this all happened, very scary.
The good news is we got him to the right place, and quickly enough to prevent further damage. I've been contacting the school as his last semester of his senior year just began. We're hoping that through a combination of hospital schoolwork and maybe a homebound teacher he'll be able to finish out his year. He's already been accepted at one of the local universities, and he really has his heart set on going next year. One thing is certain though, he'll probably be using a wheelchair for months.
Please send up prayers/healing thoughts for him....
husband and I scooped him up and took him to see the doctor immediately. His doctor was gone and he saw another doctor who really doesn't know his history. She said, looks like an infection - so she took a culture and said I'll give him an antibiotic shot and send him home with oral medications. I was just amazed that she would suggest this with difficult child's extensive medical history. I asked, don't you think he needs to go to the hospital for IV antibiotics. Not her favorite question, but she said , "Well if you really think he needs to, I guess you need to go check".
After a whisk through the emergency room, we were admitted to the first available bed. Unfortunately, it turns out difficult child has MRSA. We've been working hard for years to prevent this, but there it is. We think he picked this bug up when he went to see his plastic surgeon last week, just no way around it. Now he's quite ill , needing IV antibiotics for days and possible surgical drainage of his foot. It's amazing how quickly this all happened, very scary.
The good news is we got him to the right place, and quickly enough to prevent further damage. I've been contacting the school as his last semester of his senior year just began. We're hoping that through a combination of hospital schoolwork and maybe a homebound teacher he'll be able to finish out his year. He's already been accepted at one of the local universities, and he really has his heart set on going next year. One thing is certain though, he'll probably be using a wheelchair for months.
Please send up prayers/healing thoughts for him....
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