When Chandler came home from school on Friday he had a fever of 102. I looked at his throat and knew he had strep throat. So, off the the doctor we went on Saturday morning. Sure enough, the pediatrician could tell he had strep without even doing the test but did it anyway. It came back VERY positive he said. So, he laid around all day feeling pretty bad.
When I got home from taking Chan to the doctor, Matt said, "Look at Heath's chin... he says he hit it on the door." So I looked at it and asked him what happened and he said that he hit it on the window. I knew he really didn't know! We continued to watch it grow bigger and bigger, get more red and get hotter and hotter with fever. So, off to Care Now we went at 7:00 last night. The doctor said that it was Cellulitis which is a bacterial skin tissue infection. She said it could or could not be related to Chandler's strep but it was serious. It is a form of strep that possibly started from his unhealed eszema for the past 2 months! Heath had to get 2 antibiotic shots and oral antibiotics. We had to mark it and check him all night long. She was concerned that it would continue to swell and cause difficulty breathing!! So, he slept on a pallet in the floor on my side of the bed. I woke up about every 30-45 minutes all night long because every time he made a peep or turned over, I was paranoid! It is some better today but still swollen, red and has fever in it. Here are some pictures I took...
These three pictures were taken before we went to Care Now - about 5pm
The following four pictures were taken after we got home from Care Now - about 8pm. Matt and Heath took a hot bath to soak his chin. Matt got the water really high and showed him how to relate back and let the hot water cover his chin.
The next three pictures are from Sunday afternoon. Matt made a joke about him looking like Jay Leno!! :)
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