WARNING: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE YET TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY THAT IS A CHILD, PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE, START NODDING YOUR HEAD IN EMPATHY NOW....
On Sunday, Jackson started with a bit of diahrrea. (Sorry, but it is what it is.) So Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and some of Wednesday went like this: Change a diaper, wipe him down, change his clothes and repeat. Interject a bath, a change of sheets, and a load of laundry here and there. Now after switching to a lactose free formula, things seem to have settled down a bit.
Tuesday morning after the first round of changing (his clothes AND mine) I noticed that his button site looked a little "crusty". So I did my due dilligence and cleaned it faithfully with a hydrogen peroxide and water solution. Wednesday morning I noticed that little blisters had appeared around the site. Thursday morning they were still there which warranted a call to the pediatrician. (Poor Dr. M! Sometimes I wonder if she just shakes her head whenever she sees our number on her caller ID...)
Dr. M confirmed what I suspected - it is likely a Staph infection. Boy did we hit the infectious disease lottery this week! First a lovely GI bug then on to a Staph infection. Now that's some Karma. So now we've begun oral and topical antibiotics in an effort to nip this quickly. The only problem is the anitbiotics will likely make the diahrrea worse....lovely. And Dr. M was quick to advise that we've got to keep a close eye on him to make sure the blisters don't get any bigger. If they do we're off to the pediatrician for some fun cultures.
Think happy thoughts people.
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