What a day...

yesterday turned into.  It started out calm and casual, a typical day around here.  After the kids woke up from their naps, I gave them an afternoon snack.  That led into Xander pooping all over himself and Sterling gagging herself so much that she had a huge puddle of vomit in her chair.  Off to a bath for them (together), something they love.  As I put Sterling in the tub, I noticed her leg was really red and was spreading.  I'm still thinking it's from the diapers, so after her bath I put her in the new diapers I bought for her.  I start doing some research on impetigo because my mom mentioned that my brother had that when he was younger.  I didn't think it looked much like that so I start searching other stuff.  I came across a staph infection and immediately knew it was.  She had all the symptoms.  The pictures looked the same as her site.  I emailed Nick, asking him to come home so I could take Sterling to the ER without Xander in tow.  He did, which surprised me.  When he got home, he wanted to see it and said it was probably a bug bite of some sort.  Sure, it could be, but why is it swelling, so red, and hard?  I was still concerned so Sterling and I went off to the ER.  We were seen rather quickly, which really surprised me!  We were there for a bit because they did a culture, had me do warm compress on the site, and then came in and scrapped the site to get more ooze out.  Sterling did amazing!  She didn't scream out once, not even when the needle was poking her!  Super girl right here!

This morning I called the ped's office to get a time for our follow-up.  It was set for 11.  We got home at 12:45.  The doc said it was MRSA, gave her an antibiotic and an ointment.  We're not sure how she got this.  My friend mentioned that it could be from the hotel?  Maybe I guess, but why Sterling and nobody else?  I have to keep a close eye on her for any reactions to the antibotic, praying for none!  Praying she heals quickly and fully.

 

For the rest of the afternoon, I'm trying to make Gingerbread men.  I'm not too sure they are going to turn out, this is my first attempt and all.  The kids are watching Santa Paws and Blitz is keeping a close eye on Xander, who's not been so good today.

 

Have a great day!