Why does it seem like when it rains it pours at my house? The first episode was when I slipped in our wonderful Walmart and twisted my ankle. A couple days later David had a heart cath which luckily turned out to be positive and nothing was wrong. Everything look just like it did when they put the stent in back during 2006. Has it been that long? Sunday Gwendolyn broke out in hives. I thought it was from the latex balloons that she got into at the birthday party but it turns out that she has staph. More than likely it is MRSA. We seem to always have a case go through the house around this time of year.
Fast forward to last night. I get off around 7pm and go to pick Gwendolyn up from my mom with the rest of her siblings. She is complaining of her leg hurting but honestly I did not pay much attention to her because she is a drama queen. I know. I feel bad now that I didn't pay attention to her. Well after catching a glimpse of her leg and realizing that it was swollen and red with a bull's eye around the sore I realized that it was bad. Quickly I found a washcloth and heated up in the microwave in order to put a warm compress on her leg. She squeal and jumped in place but finally let me put the compress on the injure spot. I know it had to hurt. Next I gave her some tynelol to help with pain.
She slept through the night but I didn't. Staph in our house means that everyone is going to get it more than likely. This morning she got up and the bump had busted and it was oozing pus. Lots of pus. Yes I know that is disgusting but it is the truth. Not something you want to see before you have had that morning cup of coffee. At that moment I knew we were going to make a trip to the pediatrician.
Update on Gwendolyn:
She appears to have Staph but we do not know if it is MRSA. I am waiting for the doctor to call. They put her on heavy dose of antibotics and ointment.
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