Sunday, September 27, 2009

Graft complication

Apparently it was a good thing that we followed instructions from his ER discharge after the fall from the cart.. I had made him an appt. to f/u with his primary care doc as they recommended, although I will say my goal was more for him to get a flu shot, up to date on immunizations, and the 18 mo. well-baby check-up. While I was showing his physician his grafted finger, we both noticed a few small white spots, and on further exam, pus could be drained from the suture sites at the bottom of the graft. Yes, the graft site was infected, so Dr. Erickson collaborated with the NP at Children's Mercy and they but him on 2 wks. of antibiotics. Now it made sense why the last couple days he was more guarding of this hand, and really resistant to allow us to put lotion on it and put the glove on as we had been doing without any trouble. Poor guy. Seems like one thing after another at times. So, he ended up getting the flu shot but no immunizations-- will go back in 3 wks. and try again when he gets the second flu shot. Oh, and then we went to Walgreen's and waited on his meds-- he did really well (considering his cart limitations now after the fall). Then when we got home, I was temporarily horrified to see that he had bitten the plastic tip off his sippy cup, and where was this plastic tip? I could just see going back to the ER (again) for yet another accident. How many accidents are allowed per child anyway before parents are reported to DFS? Hmm, hope we never have to find out. Luckily, I searched around in his carseat and was able to find it- thank goodness he hadn't swallowed or aspirated it. Geez. This kid is something else.

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