Monday, June 15, 2009

Caleb's head cracks like an Egg!

While home, we opened our pool.  The kids decided they had to swim and the pool was still a beautiful green!  Another friend jumped in on Caleb while playing on a fun island, and his teeth went into Caleb's head all the way down to the bone.  Thankfully, Dan's best friend is a doctor, and we met him at his office on Saturday afternoon for stitches.  Five on the inside by the bone, and 5 on the outside.  By Wednesday, they were red and swollen and involved Caleb's eye and nose area.  The UK nurse started an antibiotic and since then we have seen 3 nurses and 2 doctors, all from the same office, with different opinions.   The  latest diagnosis, "scar tissue", about had me screaming the door down!  In the last 2 days he has started leaking pus and blood again.  Yeah, liquid scar tissue!  The doc at home would like it opened back up and cleaned out and put on strong antibiotics.  The UK doc says no opening up, and no more antibiotic until they can test the pus to see what kind of infection it is.  We go back to the states on Saturday.  How long does it take to culture something???  UK doc comment:  "It will either get worse or get better, let's wait and see".   What are the odds that they will even have the right antibiotic that he needs?  Needless to say, I am waiting this one out, and plan to have the right antibiotic waiting on Saturday in the states, and will beg the doc to wait until after our Missouri tubing and fishing vacation to open anything up!    Pray that a good antibiotic will clear this up without a little surgery!  

3 comments:

Grandma in the yellow house said...

I am praying for a quick resolution for Caleb. The more I hear about medical "practice" in the U.K. the more I am against national health care for the U.S. I feel that is a road we should not go down. Some reform, yes, but not a total takeover by the gov. Ok, off my soapbox....Lois

The Rodmans said...

I pray he is healed 100% and you don't have to have any meds! How frustrating!!

Amy said...

Ouch, ouch, ouch!!! How is Caleb doing now? Did the U.S. doctor open the wound back up yet? Any antiobiotics? Hope he is doing okay and you guys are enjoying your time in the states.

 

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