Aiden burned his foot on the 4th of July by stepping on a sparkler and almost a week later it got infected while at a family reunion in Vidor, TX. The infection got into his blood/lymphatic system so we had to take him to the hospital to receive antibiotics. We were transfered from a level 2 hospital in Beaumont, TX to a level 1 because the test were showing something wrong with his kidneys. The doctor kept asking us if any relatives had kidney disorders... and he wanted us to get to a Children's Kidney specialist.
We took an 1.5 hour ambulance ride to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. There we were started on IV antibiotics until he was stable enough to go home. They tell us there he has cellulitis.
They also tested his kidney funtions again and his kidneys were performing better than most adults. He continued showing improvement so he was released Sunday night at 7pm. It ended up being the best case senario. I am so happy we took him when we did!
We thought we spoiled Aiden before... it's alot worse now!
Aiden is very proned to skin infections. Every mesquito bite he gets swells to an alarming size and needs to be treated with bactroban. Let's hope this is the only hospital stay he ever has. I will take even better care of every scratch/bite/burn he ever gets.
2 comments:
i'm sorry you had to deal with that. it can be scary. we completely understand. it's seems to be more traumatic for the parents than the child though. they are little troopers. i'm sure you are wondering who i am, but i am an old friend of alan's from church. ashley clark, er, skifton. just wanted to say hi and that your little boy is adorable to the max. he's got a very charming little grin. our blog is richardashley.blogspot.com just in case seeing some pictures might job your memory for who we are. =)
jog* your memory, sorry to slow you down.
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