Day 7The doctor was horrified.
Which says something about how bad his legs were. Because doctors have pretty much seen it all.
He has a bad case of cellulitis, which is an infection of the soft tissue under the skin, which came about from an infection to the insect bite. He's on 2 antibiotics for that and a strong dose of Benadryl. The doctor also said that the rings around the bites on his arm look like Lyme disease. Which doesn't make sense because of where we live. So, who knows what's going on with his arm.... but, whatever it is, the antibiotics should take care of it.
I'm actually getting a bit worried. Even after a few doses of antibiotics today, his legs look bad. Just from this morning they've gotten way worse. The doctor said to go straight to the ER if they spread at all (they have), but he wants to wait until tomorrow and see what they look like. It's crazy to compare how they looked last night versus tonight.
And in other biting news here, Grace jumped off the chair tonight and bit clear through her lip in 2 spots. Fortunately, they are small and don't require stitches.
We're crossing our fingers and praying that Mike's legs look much better in the morning, and we can celebrate his birthday this weekend!
Because being in bed on your birthday bites.
(Sorry, had to do it).
2 comments:
Poor Mike!! Lyme disease, that's scary! Looks miserable :(
We will keep him in our prayers!
A trick I was shown to tell if something like that has gotten Bigger, smaller, or stayed the same is use a permanent marker and trace around the edges. Us womem tend to think with our hearts not always our heads when it comes to ones we love.
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