Landon was complaining last night that his temple hurt. Like he had a headache or something. So after about 2 hours of off and on complaining, I gave him some Tylenol and put him to bed. At 5;:45 he was up this morning to go to the bathroom. He started crying. when we got up and found him crying on the stairs he said it was because he couldn't see and his face was scary. his eye was swollen shut. Since he wasn't in any kind of pain at the time, we decided to hold out two more hours and sleep, and skip the ER. At 8 am sharp I was talking to a nurse, and she did indeed think (shocker) that we needed to get him in.
The appointment was set at 9:45 and I let Landon sleep. I was trying to decide if it was something worth taking him in for. Not that I would deny him treatment, but what if he just smacked it on something, and the swelling goes away in a hour? Or if he wakes up and it's gone?
Well, I am so glad we went with our gut, and took him in.
Here's the skinny. Kyle showed up, surprising me and Landon and then Dr. Pettit joined us. They determined that they didn’t know what the deal was with Landon. It confirmed however, that we made the right choice in not waiting where his eye is concerned. It’s likely NOT an allergic reaction. It seems to be more of an infection. Because the eye is directly linked to the brain, Dr. Pettit is deeply concerned that the infection can or will move to his brain, which is VERY serious. He didn’t sugar coat anything, but was really good at informing us without scaring us too much. Since we are not sure what is going on, and with Dr. Pettit’s concerns and his evaluation, we are treating this very seriously, and very aggressively. Dr. Pettit even brought in Dr. Edwards for a consult and because we have to take Landon back tomorrow morning and Dr. Pettit will not be in the office tomorrow. He wanted Dr. Edwards to be aware and on board with Landon’s condition.
With that, Landon received two shots this morning, one in each leg, both were of an antibiotic called Row-sev-fin. Least that’s the pronunciation, as for the spelling, well who knows…. The 10 mg he received was equivalent to shooting peanut butter into his legs, which the nurse informed us, will likely cause his legs to ache for a few days, and possible make him very reluctant to walk. Lumps in his legs will be easy to feel, and painful. (It is already. And he won’t walk already.) We then waited for 15 more minutes in the office so that we could make sure he didn’t have a bad reaction to the Row-sev-fin.
He also had us put Landon on some Benadryl, and then tomorrow morning, we will add Omicef to the medical regime (It’s a more potent version of Amoxicillin). Of course we have him on Motrin and Tylenol as needed.
When we return to the doctor’s office tomorrow, it’s to evaluate his eye, and to do a second round of the Row-sev-fin. Should Landon spike a fever, change in pain level around his eye, if the swelling increases or spreads, or anything else that panics us in any way, we are to take him to the ER immediately.
Just so you know, I am not too worried at this point. He seems to be his happy self, with the exception of walking, and I trust Dr. Pettit and his choice to treat this assertively. “No messing around with this kind of thing” he said. The risk is too high.
Thanks for your concerns and thoughts and phone calls. We love you and are grateful for your support. When I posted this, I was thinking it was more on the side of funny, not something to be all that concerned about. You just never know, sometimes. You know?
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