Posted on 06/30/2014 11:06:30 AM PDT by trussell
More prayer needed for my family. My son was having troubles with the side of his big toe, at the edge of the toenail...I took him to urgent care/walk-in clinic and they said he had an infection and we should soak it in epsom salts, keep it clean and keep the toenails cut even. They gave him some antibiotics.
He went to camp the first week of June and when he came home, the other foot had sores on both sides of the big toe! ...and the first toe was worse. We cleaned them the same as the other foot, tried to keep them cleaned up and soaked them and then wrapped them before he went to camp for the second week. He got back Saturday and the toes were oozing puss and crusty and bloody. They were so bad I called everyone in my phone book to beg for a ride to the urgent care.
Finally found a ride and when they saw his toes, they said "this is bad". They searched for signs of an ingrown toenail in both toes and said that was not the issue. They said it was important to get him in to see a podiatrist, immediately. They prescribed a cream for the toes (the cream was denied by our insurance), told us to clean both toes with peroxide, put the cream on the sides of the nails where the nail meets the skin, cover with a 2x2 piece of gauze then wrap with gauze wrap (the disposable kind). They gave us a few pieces of gauze and a small amount of the wrap, but no tape. I got a few latex gloves to keep from passing anything to his toes and taking a chance of making the infection worse. At this point, it looks like he will lose his toenail at minimum...and if things dont get done quickly, he could lose both big toes. I am using neosporin ointment in place of the prescription cream they wanted used.
Cody needs prayers, really bad! Please...pray for Cody's medical needs. Also, does anyone have any medical supplies they don't need anymore? We need 2x2 gauze, 4x4 gauze (for cleaning), gauze wrap (2"wide roll)...bigger would probably be ok...peroxide, medical tape...the nylon style would be easier but any available would help!! Neosporin cream, cotton swabs to apply the ointment. Please, if you have any of these, contact me and I will give you an address. I am praying several people will have bits and pieces they are willing to send so I get a little bit of everything needed. God bless you all for the prayers and any help provided for the supplies.
Another issue, does anyone know how to treat poison ivy? He either has a rash that is from poison ivy or from a reaction to something he is allergic to.
Just a note to let you all know. My boy was at the hospital today for a bone scan for his JRA and while we were there we thought to have the most recent toe looked at because it isn’t healing like the other did. The doctor took one look and put my boy on 2 antibiotics...one oral and one ointment. He said it was bad and we should make an immediate appointment to see the doctor who did the procedure. So that is scheduled for Friday. Thank you for the continued prayers!
Thank you for letting us know. Prayers continue...
Wow! Talk about being in the right place at the right time! Hope and pray they caught the infection in time!
Don’t they have school nurses who can help him?
The nurse at the school will not even unwrap the toe to look at it or to rewrap it if there is a problem...they say it is beyond their expertise and they don’t deal with that.
then why are they a nurse?
That is a very good question. They give out meds, they take temperatures, that’s just about it. They won’t mess with his toe. He needed some repair done to his tape work and she couldnt be bothered. It was “it will make it til you get home, just be careful”
She is probably limited to what she is allowed to do because of liability to the ISD. I”m sure, though, as she is bound by law, she would have called you or taken steps to be sure he was taken to a hospital if she had felt it was an immediate danger to his life.
My son had a horrible case of poison ivy on his stomach a couple of months ago that calamine lotion wouldn’t take care of. I took him to a nurse practitioner (due to no insurance—thanks Obama!) who prescribed Triamcinolone Acetonide cream. It is a steroid cream and it cost $4 on the Walmart generics list. Just a thin coat 2 or 3 times a day and it was gone in no time.
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