Beth

December 10, 2008

<<cellulitis >>

Hi, Everyone....Beth...well, that is 3 of our kids fighting

cellulitis.....Gareth, , and . Ashton has something weird and

infectious, too. I had

never known anyone with it till G got it a month ago. Now, the first has

reopened and the one on his leg has healed. No one tested him for that SARS,

but

I think that is what it is. Doc won't say " yes or no. " I was told the

first couldn't be cultured because he was on antibiotics. He's still got that

open wound from July, too.

Well, Gareth and I made the two hr trip to Hershey Med today, in the pouring

rain, for his open wound....un healing pilonidal cyst surgery. He was

hurting so bad, when we left, that he tried to lay in the van on his side.

That

lasted 20 minutes till he brought up breakfast.....car sick. Had to pull over

and clean that up.....fun, fun!!! So he sat up and looked straight ahead

the rest of the trip......shifting and wiggling in pain. The doc decided to

give him '30 days of house arrest' (Mom's description) with only laying or

standing. If the open wound isn't healed by Jan 7th, he will go back and re

excise the wound and we will start all over again. On Fri, he has to have a CT

of the pelvis to see if he has an underlying abscess that could be causing the

pain. He sure isn't getting too much out of school this fall. Tomorrow, he

goes to see the gastro doc.....hopefully, he will let him slide on the

endoscopy since his switch to Prilosec seems to be working. His rheumie doc

did

loads of blood work and his IgA is really high....probably another ulcer. His

Vit D is low......any other kids have their Vit D levels checked? Seems to

be the 'in test' lately.

Take care, Everyone.

Margaret

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