Pestilence update
I was able to get Little in to see the pediatrician this morning. The good news is that she doesn’t have chicken pox. I was really not looking forward to dealing with chicken pox on top of moving next week!
The less good news is that she has a skin infection called impetigo. It is caused by strep or staph bacteria (I told Matt this weekend that I was afraid it might be a staph infection) and characterized by the small red bumps and honey colored crust that we’ve been seeing. The doctor recognized and named it as soon as she walked in the exam room.
We start a 10 day round of the antibiotic Omnicef today, and hope that the medicine will clear the infection from her system. Very good news overall, but her poor little face still looks terrible!
I hope she is well soon!
Omnicef?! Ouch! Bless her heart! I hope it works quickly!
Oh, goodness. Keeping you all in my prayers. I hope she gets to feeling better soon. Anitbiotics seems to kick in pretty fast with kids.
Oh ick. Sorry to hear that. Don’t forget to give her lots of yogurt to replace the good bacteria!
Advice from a “been there, seen that” Mom – after the impetigo is gone, it will be critical to apply sunscreen to the new skin absolutely consistently. And the same thing next year, too, because the new skin will have tanned differently and leave scars that will not go away.
I don’t know how may times I threw my hands up and said to my then 9-year-old: “You’re gonna be mad about these scars when you are 16, if you don’t wear the sunscreen.” Guess what? Seven years later, she was mad. At least she didn’t have it on her face.
Best wishes for easy recovery to your little one.
Ugh, impetigo is NO FUN AT ALL!
I’ll be praying for her!
That strep infection is tricky. Although we’ve never had to deal with impetigo, the bacteria causes vocal and facial tics in my 7 year old son. A course of Omnicef always does the trick for him as well.
Good luck!