Took Kara to the Doctor
Warning, some of this stuff is pretty gross!
My mom and I took Kara to the doctor today. She has some kind of rash, that looks more like pimples, on her rear end - on the cheeks, not the *ahem* area that needs wiped. The weird thing is it showed up about a year after she was potty trained, so it's not like she's sitting in a dirty diaper all day. The doctor thinks it's a type of staph infection, but antibiotics help it almost go away and it comes right back when the antibiotics are gone. (We've been dealing with this since October.) She also has had abscesses before - one on her belly and one on her leg. They're like huge pimples that need to have the stuff squeezed out - and it's NASTY stuff! Sorry, I told you it was gross! Not to mention it hurts her so much. Poor baby. :-(
Her doctor said some people just have it and they have it all their lives - not the staph infection, but that skin condition. I told him no one I am related to has it and he said we're lucky! We are going to try a longer term of antibiotics and see how it goes. If it doesn't work, the next step is the dermatologist. Thank goodness she's so little and isn't embarrassed yet. I hope we get this resolved soon!
Do any of you on Michael's side of the family know anyone you're related to (or any of your kids) who have it?
I hope this isn't an indication of how much she can break out when she's a teenager. I had wonderful skin as a teenager and I really hope I pass that on to her.
My mom and I took Kara to the doctor today. She has some kind of rash, that looks more like pimples, on her rear end - on the cheeks, not the *ahem* area that needs wiped. The weird thing is it showed up about a year after she was potty trained, so it's not like she's sitting in a dirty diaper all day. The doctor thinks it's a type of staph infection, but antibiotics help it almost go away and it comes right back when the antibiotics are gone. (We've been dealing with this since October.) She also has had abscesses before - one on her belly and one on her leg. They're like huge pimples that need to have the stuff squeezed out - and it's NASTY stuff! Sorry, I told you it was gross! Not to mention it hurts her so much. Poor baby. :-(
Her doctor said some people just have it and they have it all their lives - not the staph infection, but that skin condition. I told him no one I am related to has it and he said we're lucky! We are going to try a longer term of antibiotics and see how it goes. If it doesn't work, the next step is the dermatologist. Thank goodness she's so little and isn't embarrassed yet. I hope we get this resolved soon!
Do any of you on Michael's side of the family know anyone you're related to (or any of your kids) who have it?
I hope this isn't an indication of how much she can break out when she's a teenager. I had wonderful skin as a teenager and I really hope I pass that on to her.
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