Hello everyone my daughter is 5 (will be 6 in October) and she just hit 49in. She’s currently using the graco tranzitions 3 in 1. She’s using the 5 point harness currently, but she’s only 40lbs. Is it time to switch her to the high back booster? Thank you.
The stitches on the bottom is from the foxtail that was removed and the top is the spay incision…. Is this healing normal or do I need to call the vet tomorrow ? She’s 6 days post
Took my 8 year old dog to the vet due to this wound she has in her lower abdomen. (You can see previous post in post history) Vet checked her out and it’s a foxtail she had in her. Vet suggested she gets put under and he’ll cut her a little more to make sure the entire foxtail is removed. She’s also getting spayed in the process. I left her at the vet and will get a call back when she’s ready. Please pray for my doggie. Unfortunately foxtails are super common where we live, so just hoping this doesn’t happen again. Hopefully I can financially recover from this too.
ALSO, that zen collar didn’t work AT ALL. She will be wearing a plastic cone for the next two weeks.
I noticed the white specks when I opened it. I’ve never seen this before in a can of olives. Smells normal.
Hello everyone!
I had posted a little over a week ago seeking help on how to help my daughter with her “mosquito bite.” (Feel free to look at my post history.) This ended with a week long hospital stay. I just wanted to share the story on what happened in case someone else goes through something similar.
Two Saturdays ago I noticed what looked like a mosquito bite on my daughter’s leg. I didn’t think much of it until the next day (Sunday) that it appeared to get bigger and more red. I showed my mom and she told me that my niece gets mosquito bites that look just as bad. So I didn’t think much of it, but I did mark the redness with a pen. I noticed the red mark was warm to the touch, but my daughter was acting normal. Later that evening she developed a fever and the redness spread past the line I drew. I took her to urgent care and the provider took one look and said it was a mosquito bite. When I mentioned the fever she said it was just a coincidence. She prescribed a hydrocortisone ointment
and mupirocin.
On Monday, the area grew a little bigger and a darker red. I noticed baby started limping a bit on the leg and she was bothered by the area. She didn’t let me put the ointments on her and I gave her ibuprofen for pain. The ibuprofen helped manage the limping. That evening she had another fever (low grade) that I treated with ibuprofen. Monday night/Tuesday morning was the worst night. She could not sleep, she was crying all night. She didn’t let me touch her leg. It felt super hot through her pajamas and she wouldn’t put any weight on the leg. By this point, ibuprofen did not help her one bit. I had to alternate ibuprofen and Tylenol just so she’d be comfortable. When I saw her leg, it was super red, swollen, and it looked like a giant pimple.
Tuesday morning I waited for urgent care to open and I took her in again. She had a fever while we were there. The provider there saw and agreed it looked bad. They covered it up and prescribed oral antibiotics. They also gave her ibuprofen there, which she later threw up. When we went home she vomited on the car ride home, then was unable to keep anything down. She was later getting a fever and I tried to give her ibuprofen, but she threw it up again. This was when I decided to take her to the ER.
At the ER they did an ultrasound, xray, and a blood culture. When we were at the ER the bite had started draining. The ultrasound showed an abscess. We were told she needed an IV to start antibiotics and fluids. She was later admitted. We stayed at the hospital for two days before transferring us to the nearest pediatric hospital where they wanted to monitor her there in case they needed to flush the abscess. When the blood culture came back it tested positive for MRSA, so they had to change her antibiotics. Luckily, no incision had to be made as the abscess was draining on its own and the antibiotics were clearing the cellulitis. Around day 5 of the hospital stay, the antibiotics were switched to the antibiotics she would be continuing at home. We tried to give her the antibiotics by mouth but she kept vomiting so we stayed an extra two nights until we were sure she wouldn’t vomit anymore.
Now we’re finally home. I’m not sure what caused all this. We suspect from a bite from something. I didn’t expect this to turn into a week long hospital stay, but baby is home and back to her regular self. She’s close to finishing her antibiotics and we’re happy to be home. Thank you for reading.
Hello everyone!
My 1 year old was bitten by a mosquito on Saturday. The bite is on the back of her thigh. I noticed the bite was small, then it progressed and got bigger, she ended up with a small fever and I took her to urgent care on Sunday evening. The urgent care provider looked at it and said it’s a mosquito bite and prescribed mupirocin ointment and a hydrocortisone ointment. The provider also said it got bigger because she’s scratching it and suggested I keep pants on her. She also said that the fever may have been a coincidence.
So the next morning, she wakes up with a limp. She’s struggling to put weight on her leg. I gave her ibuprofen and she found relief in that. She was playing , but whenever the ibuprofen wore off she went back to being fussy and refusing to put weight on it.
Today she’s been up since 3:30am. I changed her diaper and she cried at me moving her leg and I noticed she keeps scratching her leg. I gave her ibuprofen and she fell asleep now and she’s noticeably comfortable now. I’m hoping her pediatrician will see her today (it’s 5am here) but what can I put on her leg to help with the itching? I was told to put each ointment on her bite twice a day, but is there anything I can do to help with the itching?
Thank you!