Boo Boos

Titus has developed an infection in his incision. It was healing so nicely since we left the hospital but then I noticed last week that it was starting to get a bit red at the bottom, as opposed to the pink it had been. We gave it another day to see if it went away becuase I had been holding him chest to chest a lot and it was possible a button or zipper could have rubbed it the wrong way. However we ended up having to take him in to the cardiologist and they confirmed it was indeed infected. They immediately ordered Ty on an antibiotic, Cephalexin, to clear it up. I was not thrilled with this and asked for any alternatives but they did not have any. I am not a fan of antibiotics since they also destroy your bodies good bacteria but we didn't have much choice this time. If the infection got worse and spread into his sternum, it could result in a serious infection that could affect all future surgeries as well.

We are not sure what caused the infection....he could have scratched it himself, Evan could have touched it at some point as he likes to point to his chest and say "Boo Boo", bath water could have contributed, our home nurse could have passed bacteria onto it...its pretty much impossible to tell. But I will most definitely be watching it like a hawk now and keep it covered all the time until it is 100% healed!

The learning and praying here continues.