Broderyck was released from the hospital after 9 days in the hospital. We made it home and everything seemed to be going the way it was supposed to, he obviously was uncomfortable, but who wouldn't be after all that poking, prodding and other intense things that a month old baby shouldn't have to go through.
So as I'm thinking that everything is going the way it was supposed to on Thursday September 23 the top of his chest incision had some pus that was coming out of it. I of course was slightly freaking out because we had only been home for 3 days since our stay in the hospital. But I called the Nurse Practitioner phone number they gave me and left a message with the receptionist. Then the wait for a call-back seemed to be hours when it really was only probably 25 minutes.
When she called me back I described to her what was going on and she told me to bring Broderyck in. So I called my mom since she had to drive us and she told me to pack an overnight bag because they were probably going to make us stay. So I packed a bag and got Broderyck all ready. When my mom got to our house from her work we got in the car and headed on our way.
The Nurse Practitioner met us in the hallway and took us straight into an exam room. This is very lucky because they usually make you go to the Emergency Room before you get admitted to the hospital. The surgeon who did Broderyck's original surgery came in and looked at the infection. He had to cut part of it and clean the sight with Iodine and pack and bandage it. They then got us a room back on the third floor which is the Children's Surgical Unit, which is where we were discharged from.
They told us that they were going to let us go on Saturday. Well Saturday has come and gone and they told us there was no way we were going home this weekend, and a nurse mentioned that the soonest we were going to go home is Tuesday. Reason being that they have taken blood and urine cultures and it takes at least 72 hours to see if anything grows out of them...well in order to go home we have to have 3 clean days.
They at least know it's something bacterial, and have changed the way that they're doing the dressings which will hopefully help the site heal a little better. They also will be deciding what antibiotic will work best to get rid of whatever bacteria he has.
I feel a little better when my mom comes to visit. Gives me a little break from the chaos because she really wants to see the baby. It's not that I need a break from him at all, it's just the situation. Being at someone else's will, someone else's schedule. It is still so hard for me to handle it when they come in and change him or feed him without waking me up. I know I am not doing anything wrong, and I really should accept the help while I've got it because I can't go home and be completely exhausted. It is so hard too to know he's uncomfortable, and having to ask for permission to take him for a walk outside the room.
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