Trip to the E.R.

A couple days ago, we noticed a big blister on the top of Carter's right foot. Nik popped it and we didn't think anything of it. Then yesterday when I picked Carter up from the babysitters, he started limping to the car and began to cry, saying that his owie on his foot was hurting real bad. When we got home, we checked it and the blister was now purple and seeping with puss. The whole top of his foot was red and hot and his foot was swollen. He also had a slight fever.

I immediately called our pediatrician and he said to go ahead and take him to the E.R. We went and they took us back to the "speedy" E.R. spot. We still ended up being there for an hour and a half, but that isn't horrible I guess. The physician's assistant prescribed him some Motrin and another medication that I can't pronounce. She took a q-tip and took a sample of the puss and sent it to the lab to figure out what the infection was. They are also going to test for MRSA. So we kind of have to be quarantined in our room. They will put a sign on our door and the nurses will have to wash their hands extra often since he could be a MRSA patient. We weren't going to find out any results until Saturday.

Well, we went home, gave him his meds, and sent him to bed. Today after work we picked him up, and when we got home we checked his skin and he had two large red puffy circles on his inner thighs and one large patch over his chest/heart area. They were both warm areas and he had a slight fever again. His foot also looked more swollen and the red had started to go up his ankle a little. Grandma and Grandpa Burkhardt were in Fort Wayne and had brought supper over for us. So we quickly ate it and Grandpa Burkhardt went with Nik to the hospital. Grandma had some appointments in town to get done and I stayed home with Jordan. When they checked Carter in, the doctor decided it would be best to keep him overnight and possibly through Sunday. They are going to hopefully have some answers for us tomorrow. I really don't want to be here until Sunday, but it looks like it may end up that way.

Carter is in good spirits though. He is playing the gameboy right now and watching the movie Cars. He has had 4 shots since he has been here and has held very still and barely whined. After he had his 4th shot he looked at the nurses and said, "See, that wasn't so bad, was it." They all got a kick out of that and call him a little man. He also keeps announcing to every new nurse that he is in big boy underwear now. He is so proud of himself.

I will update tomorrow with anything that we find out. I wish I had my camera cord so I could post some pictures. I will have to do that later.

Goodnight everyone.