Healing

Tuesday: We held our ground and it didn't look any bigger. The red spot below the original infection was still red and puffy and concerning. We went into urgent care at 1 to have them look and see if we needed to do anything else. It was a different doctor and she thought she needed to remove the wick from yesterday, saline rinse the wound out and put another wick inside. We decided putting lidocaine in would be less traumatic. Autumn's reaction this time was much stronger with kicking and screaming before anything had even happened. Sigh.. Again I held her top and Aaron helped hold her legs and the doctor was able to get the numbing stuff in. She got the job done. I tried to sing, but my tears made it hard. Once she had a diaper on and knew we were done, she able to calm down. Uhh.. but then we still needed to get the antibiotic shot in her leg. They put a needle on that was too small to let the antibotic out and so they had to stick her twice. Not quite as smooth or sure handed today, but we got the job done. They gave her a small stuffed puppy and that cheered her up. She said thank you and blew kisses when we left.

Her poops have gotten progressively softer and last night she got poops on the end of the wick. Best thing would have been to cut that part off. We tried to figure out how to get this done and she completely freaked out. Shaking and crying. Explaining to her that it would not hurt, did not help and so we gave up, pulled it out at bit and decided he couldn't hurt her any worse as she is packed full of antibiotics. Poor girl... hoping she trusts us again someday.

We went to bed encouraged that her fever had stayed low or gone all day and that it might look a little better.

Wednesday Morning:
She woke up and cuddled. I told her we needed to change her diaper and she decided she needed a shower like daddy. After daddy got out, I bleached and vinegared the tub and rinsed it really well. She took a nice long shower and was pretty upset when I took her out. First look at the infection spot and it looks better -less swollen and the red spot below is shrinking. Covered it up and headed to get food and antibiotics and pain medicine in her. The Ibuprofen was easy to get in her, but the c-biotic in the applesauce was very difficult. Finally she ate it after explaining over and over that it was to get rid of her owie. I headed to work. When I got back she ate 2 things of probiotic yogurt and then I went to change her and discovered she was supper poopy. )-: It had coated the wick - so I just pulled it out. The hole is quite big - so I'm not worried about it closing up again before we go back. The red spot is less, but localizing in one spot. Eager to hear what the Dr. thinks. We get Dr. Webb back today. Cleaned, bandaged and diapered... We will head back down after my afternoon meetings in Hookena. Until then, we keep hoping and praying that she holds ground or improves. She is happy and playing in her room.