Official diagnosis: Osteomylitis of the right tarsals with associated cellulitis. What a mouthful! Try to say that three times!
Grace started complaining about her right foot hurting on Sunday July 13th during church. Monday it hurt worse and she started babying that foot, hardly walking on it. It started getting red and swelling above her ankle. We were thinking it was a sprained ankle or bug bite. By Tuesday she was in constant pain and wouldn't walk on it at all. The swelling was getting worse and it was red and hot to the touch. The doctor thought it was probably cellulitis- a skin infection. We took her in again on Wednesday and they gave her a shot of antibiotic and took x-rays. Thursday we had an appointment with the podiatrist. He looked at her x-rays and said she didn't have any broken bones or fractures and he thought it was cellulitis also. He had us admitted immediately to the hospital. They did a CT scan and a bone scan and put her on nafcilin. Her bone scan was positive and they said that because there was activity in her bones and she may need tests they could not do we could go to Primary Children's. They decided it was osteomylitis and cellulitis. We left Friday to go to Primary Children's.
She feel asleep on the way to Primary Children's holding her sucker in her hand. They gave her some morphine before we left to last her until we got to the hospital. She bumped her IV in the car and dislodged it. That was trauma because she had to get another one when we got there.
Grace started complaining about her right foot hurting on Sunday July 13th during church. Monday it hurt worse and she started babying that foot, hardly walking on it. It started getting red and swelling above her ankle. We were thinking it was a sprained ankle or bug bite. By Tuesday she was in constant pain and wouldn't walk on it at all. The swelling was getting worse and it was red and hot to the touch. The doctor thought it was probably cellulitis- a skin infection. We took her in again on Wednesday and they gave her a shot of antibiotic and took x-rays. Thursday we had an appointment with the podiatrist. He looked at her x-rays and said she didn't have any broken bones or fractures and he thought it was cellulitis also. He had us admitted immediately to the hospital. They did a CT scan and a bone scan and put her on nafcilin. Her bone scan was positive and they said that because there was activity in her bones and she may need tests they could not do we could go to Primary Children's. They decided it was osteomylitis and cellulitis. We left Friday to go to Primary Children's.
She feel asleep on the way to Primary Children's holding her sucker in her hand. They gave her some morphine before we left to last her until we got to the hospital. She bumped her IV in the car and dislodged it. That was trauma because she had to get another one when we got there.
The doctors had drawn around the swelling so they could watch it. It ended up all the way up to her knee and down to her toes. She couldn't stand to have ANYTHING touch her foot. They kept her on the nafcilin and gave her loritab, toridol, and morphine. Poor thing. She felt ok as long as we didn't skip a dose or wait too long for the meds, which happened a couple times during shift changes. That was awful, thus the need for the morphine! We asked why she was still in so much pain after so long. They said because it was all the way to the bone it was in all the muscle and tissue and skin. Bone infections are usually caused by a break or fracture or a puncture wound. They said it was bad luck and that she was a mystery!
She got the kitty from one of her nurses, Dan. He gave it to her because one of the nurses had given her the nafcilin directly into her IV without diluting it. They were diluting the nafcilin with saline and giving it to her over an hour. They had to stop it and put in a new IV. When I say its trauma it means she screams and we have to hold her down. So Dan gave her surprise. Grace named her kitty, Kitty.
Grace thought the room was sooo cool. The best part was the bed. She could control the TV, the lights, move her bed any way she wanted, and call the nurse! Her nurses took such good care of her and she had mom and dad 24/7. What's not to love? We watched TV and movies and went on lots of walks, meaning we pulled her in the wagon. She loved to stop at the fish tank and watch Nemo, Dory, and the blow fish.
1 comments:
When it rains at your house, it pours!
Love all the new posts. You'll have to add another about polka-dotted Grace.
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