Staph infection = Owies!

Last month Orion devoloped what we thought was a bug bite on his arm. After 2 days of it not going away and it getting redder and larger we took him to Urgent Care. There we found out that it was not a bug bite but a Staph infection!

So after some HEAVY antibiotics, we had 2 choices, they could "lance" it which would consist of cutting it open draining and cleaning it out then bandaging it up. Problem with that is that Orion will not keep a bandaide on. Which would leave it open to more infection. So we opted to go with plan B. Which I regretted......

3 x's a day I had to hold a warm wash cloth on it and drain it myself. Which was beyond disgusting. The amount of goo that came out of him arm is amazing.....and gross.

Orion took it like a trooper! Of course he cried but was very forgiving to me. I felt soo bad to have to cause him pain when it was clear he was already in so much pain with it. But it cleared up within a week and the doctor gave him the stamp of approval and he is all better now. It was a rough week!

After 2 days of treatment....



And after 5 days.....