Cellulitis update: Lewis finally seems to be feeling better. After running out to pick up a steroid cream Thursday night (which didn't seem to help) I insisted the doctor needed to take another look at him on Friday morning. I'm so glad we did because he gave us two good suggestions which seem to be helping it heal. The first, to add 2 ml of water to the balloon holding the gtube button in place. The second, to absorb the leaking bile with an I.V. drain sponge loaded (looks like this:
with the steroid cream and calmoseptine cream and secured around his gtube either with tape or this white, webbing stuff that fits around his torso. Nate asked what the webbing was- we told him his brother was spider man:)General announcement: After getting pretty banged up a the bowling alley this week, Nate had developed close ties with Motrin and Tylenol + the portable DVD player! Long story short, Nate was crying over his spilled lemonade when he threw a monster tantrum leaving the building. He lost his footing and fell down the steps- bashing the back of his head on the pavement. There was an instant goose egg and a little blood and a whole lot of crying. Luckily our doctor's office is only two blocks from the Bowl America and off we went to make sure he didn't have a concussion. At the end of the day, we were all emotionally and physically exhausted. He's now healthy and looking forward to going back to school Monday morning.
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