So apparently boils come from the germ Staphylococcus aureus and is an infected hair follicle or oil gland. He'd had some tiny bumps for the last few weeks that I just chalked up to diaper rash or eczema, as they were just above his groin, a couple on his thighs. I don't know if one of those bumps got infected or if this is something different...
So Logan was in for a surprise, cause the doctor actually drained the two inflamed bumps with a needle and a nurse and I held him down while he screamed and cried. I felt so bad for him! The doctor said that was the fastest way to get them healing, not to mention he could get a culture that way. Then the doctor gave me oral antibiotics (Septra) to give him, as well as an antibiotic ointment (Bactroban). He was in pain all day yesterday and had to be carried everywhere. My poor boy.
I was really hoping Logan would have some relief today, but honestly he is still in a lot of pain. He limps all around like Tiny Tim or something and cries about his "rash." He will not let me go NEAR those bumps, and all I want to do is look at them and put ointment on them, but he will not have it. He starts trembling because he is so scared I will touch them. (well if someone took a needle to my skin I'd be wary too).
And not only am I on Logan's bad list for trying to touch his owies, but for trying to force yucky medicine down his throat. He took one taste and spit it out and it has been awful trying to get him to take it. He keeps saying "I all better! I all better!" So last night and this morning, I hid it in hot chocolate and brownies. (Anyone have other ideas?) What does he think of his mom who desperately pleads with him to PLEASE PLEASE drink ALL his hot chocolate and that he HAS to eat ALL his brownie. But hey it worked...
It is so hard sometimes!!! Like I am supposed to be his mother, someone he trusts to take care of him, and I am tricking him and taking him to the doctor where he is getting traumatized by all sorts of things (I'm sure he has flashbacks of the stitches from a few months ago, then how scared he was when we saw the cardiologist...). It is hard when I know he doesn't understand. I am usually one who is pretty strong, even when my babies are getting shots, I handle it well because I know it has to be done and it only helps them. I even have a great tolerance for letting my babies cry it out at night because I know them learning how to self soothe and be in their own beds at night will make them better sleepers (all my kids have slept through the night since they were babies, I can't help but take credit). I definitely hate seeing my kids in pain, but you know, it is an interesting concept. Putting your kids through hard things in order to help them.
I just feel like this is a small taste of what is to come. There will be plenty of times I'll have to watch my kids go through pain, and sometimes it will be pain they inflict upon themselves... or it will be pain inflicted on them that hopefully will make them stronger and better people in the end. Right now I have a lot of control. But there will come the day where I won't be able to trick them into doing what I know is best. They will have to choose.
Isn't that why we are here on earth? To be tested in our choices? And we have a Father in Heaven who desperately hopes we choose to follow Him. But he has no control. It is up to us.
For now I will do my best to shove medicine down Logan's throat and keep trying to put ointment on those dang boils and HOPEFULLY they will get better (there is a chance it is MRSA which means antibiotic resistant, blah). Someday he will understand it is because I love him.
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5 comments:
That's so sad!!!
Yes, you parent like I did with you little kiddlets when you were young. It is a very interesting concept. We have to see our kids go through hard things in order to help them. I sure love little Logan and hope he gets better soon! My leg still kills me!
Riley wouldn't take his lortab when he had his tonsils out and he was in horrible pain! We would hold him down and he would choke on it he was screaming and crying so hard. Well then I got the idea to have him be a "big boy" and do it all by himself and it worked! We measure out the quantity and he gives it to himself. Maybe Logan will try it?!
Poor guy! I know so pharmacies will charge you a little bit to add a flavoring to the medicine. Maybe they would still do it? When Kylie had to get staples in her head I had to hold her down and the way she looked at me broke my heart! It's so hard to see them go through things that you can't control!
How did I miss this post? Poor Logan! I can totally feel for you both because Payton has had THREE boils before! All of them on her little bum and boy did they hurt her! Since she had to sit on the boil in the car all the way to the doctor's office the first time, she screamed in pain the whole way and when I got her out of her car seat she was sweating from the pain and crying so hard. It was one of those moments where I had to choke back tears & felt sick inside. :( I have spent many hours worrying about her and testing out different ways to prevent them. HATE those things. Luckily my boys have never had them. Those are the times when being a mom is reeeally hard. :( So what what the result of the culture? Strep, regular Staph, or MRSA?
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