The Mysterious Bump!

Tuesday morning, Jayden and I woke up, just like every other morning, and what did I find? A little mysterious red bump on his little cheek. Hmmm... Strange. At first I thought nothing of it... Babies are always scratching their faces or bumping into things, so I figured in a couple days it will be gone! WRONG! By thursday I was beginning to worry a bit... This little bump seemed to be taking up residence on my poor Jayden's cheek. Didn't seem normal anymore... So of course, I start doing some research of what it could possibly be, I called the health line for some advice, and the lovely nurse told me to bring him in to see a doctor! So friday morning, we all woke up, and off to the walk-in clinic we went! Well, apparently we didn't wake up quite early enough because by the time we got there, they were full for the day!! AHHH!!! The receptionist told us to bring him to the hospital. I was skeptical about this since there is a huge shortage of doctors here, and usually you have to wait for hours before seeing a doctor. Well we went, we were evaluated by the nurse, who decided that Jayden's bump was last on their list of priorities, told us that he was classified "level 4" which is the least urgent patients, and anyone from then on who came in and was classified at a level above us would be seeing the doctor before us. Basically, we might have to set up a tent and sleeping bags in their waiting room because we would never see a doctor. Although, she did tell us "But he really does need to see a doctor!". Well, at this point there are little bacterias and viruses dancing in my head, and I am thinking we will probably leave this place with a NEW problem if we wait around with all the other people in the waiting room. Not to mention sitting in a small waiting room with an 8 month old is an adventure I am not enthusiastic about in the first place. We decided to go home and try another walk in clinic the next morning, and wake up early enough to get there as soon as it opens. 

So the next morning, we woke up nice and early, and off the the next walk-in clinic we went! Luckily this time we got there early and only had to wait about 45 minutes before seeing the doctor! She quickly diagnosed the mysterious bump, and told us it was cellulitis! Cellulitis?? Like what's on my legs?? Apparently it's a little different. It's a skin infection. So she prescribed some antibiotics for Jayden to take 3 times a day, every 8 hours, for 14 days! Which is kind of a pain because I have to wake him up in the middle of the night to take him medicine. She told us if his bump doesn't look better in 2-3 days to bring him back because he will need to be admitted to the hospital to be observed and to receive stronger antibiotics via intervenus! SCARY! I of course went home and googled Cellulitis, only to become even MORE paranoid! Apparently it can be rather serious! So, now it is Sunday, he has had 3 doses of his antibiotics so far, and I don't know if it's too soon to expect it to have made a difference, but so far I don't see much change! I really hope the antibiotics work because I don't want to bring my poor baby to the hospital to be admitted!