We were rushed into the ER and at this point the doctors are telling us he definitely needs stitches and wants to know if we want him to do it or call a plastic surgeon.. before he can say another word I tell him to call the plastic surgeon.. I didn't want the ER doc to go at my son and take the chance of scaring! We wait for about 45 minutes for the surgeon to arrive.. and this is where my real nightmare begins... they proceed to wrap my child up like a mummy and tape his shoulders and thighs.. he literally can't move and his screaming and crying!!! I then have to hold him down while they inject needles in 5 DIFFERENT places in his cheek!!!! I am shaking and balling at this point and all I want to do is wake up from his nightmare!!! The surgeon puts in 5 stitches in each site was told to keep an eye on it because they might get infected!
The next 2 days I am washing and changing his dressings twice a day... then on Friday I KNOW SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT!!! I called our pediatrician and tell him that one of the areas looks infected! I tell him that every time I go near the area to clean it HE.GOES.BONKERS!!! I can just lightly touch it and he screams in utter pain! The pediatrician tells me to come in so they can look at it... He proceeds to tell me that the stitches look "excellent" and that I have nothing to worry about!!! I feel somewhat better but still alittle worried!
So its 5:30 pm and he's bathing I am cleaning the dressing and I see puss coming out! Out of the tub and I am rushing to the ER.. I call the plastic surgeon and he tells me NOT TO GO TO THE ER!! He will keep his office open for me so he can personally see Jakey.. We live 45 minutes away from his office!!! (Oh BTW, John is on his way home from a 2 day business trip from NYC! He meets us at the doc's office)
The minute he looks at Jake's face he tells me that "a mother's instinct is never wrong.." the areas are infected... Now I have to hold my child down again while he proceeds to take out some stitches and drain out the puss UGH!!!.. in the middle of it John walks in.. He tells me to go out of the room and he will take over from here!! I go out to the waiting area to hear my son screaming like he did on Tuesday night!!
After what seemed like forever, John and Jakey come out!!... It's finally over! Thank God!!! Our follow up appointment is this Monday and hopefully the rest of the stitches come out and we can go on living somewhat normal!! Even w/ all this traumatic instance, he's still our happy go lucky son!! God bless him!!!
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