We got to our appointment and got right in. We visited the casting room with Adam, the ginger casting dude. He was happy to see us with no more mold on our feet. He was especially happy that no more water was in our around our casts.
And the saw was incredibly loud. Grayson was a bit not OK with them on his brothers legs but it was cool to watch them take it off.
That is Adam, cast dude, cutting off the nemesis of our summer. We were hoping and praying that there was no more mold.
When we got his casts off we looked at his STRAIGHT feet.. that is right. Straight feet! And then started pulling off the other gaze that we added on his REALLY gross feet. When we got to the tape, I knew some thing was wrong.
Casts off both feet. Steri strips left to look under.
The black stuff is the mold that left a black/green stain on his feet that hasn't come off yet.
The black/green is the mold on this foot as well. It hasn't come off. There is still some left on his skin.
This is where things got a bit interesting. The steri strips were coming off a little and this gross GREEN thick stuff was all over his steri strips. Adam, the ginger worker, went to go get the doctor to come and take a look at it and yep. It was just like we thought. INFECTION.......
Tyler was pretty patient and Grayson LOVES this office. He has THE BEST little boy toys in the entire world. Grayson never made a peep for the entire time we were there. He was great.
It feels good to have his feet off and he does get to shower. But no scrubbing his legs. I pack his wound 2 times a day. He is on an antibiotics 4 times a day and we go back in a week. A week for braces and then a visit with orthopedics and hopefully get the clear to start walking again.
This has been such a hard summer for us. We are glad it is almost over!
Steri Strips were taken off and it was GREEN
Iodine was out around it and we washed it off. It was still weeping really badly.
This is what we are left with. A gaping hole in his leg that is nasty and gross and runs the length of his bony shin.
We took X-rays an his legs look amazing. His X-rays looks amazing. The surgery looks amazing. But his sore looks awful. I asked if it was because of the mold. She didn't come out and say it was my fault but because I let him get moldy feet it IS my fault. So the mom guilt has set in. But I am the wound care lady. And that means I am the one that gets to rip off a band aids on his feet. It hurts him. It hurts him and it breaks my heart.
After our appointment we headed off to the Orthotic place that makes our braces. They put back on 2 casts... YEP another set of casts. And took them off - HOORAY! as fast as we put them on!
It feels good to have his feet off and he does get to shower. But no scrubbing his legs. I pack his wound 2 times a day. He is on an antibiotics 4 times a day and we go back in a week. A week for braces and then a visit with orthopedics and hopefully get the clear to start walking again.
This has been such a hard summer for us. We are glad it is almost over!
2 comments:
I just googled infected steri strip and it was the first result in Google images. Was trying to see if mine had similarities before removal today (mine is for a panniculectomy). and so i do not know your blog but was wondering how his feet got moldy and why you blamed yourself and why they covered a wound up completely from a surgery and didnt just keep him on a few rounds of antibiotics because an airless, damp environment is perfect for infection when it comes to wounds. Great blog! Feel free to link me to other relevant posts it its a long story and you have the time.
Hi
I’m a 16 year old boy and had a benign tumour in my tibia had it taken out and metal plate and screws to strengthen it it’s was looking good at the 2 weeks mark there was only a little gap down the bottom of the insision so he used steri strips to help a week after this I started itching really badly and my leg was oozing the same yellow green puss then I notice it started to open up and keep weeping I went into hospital for 2 weeks and they couldn’t find any infection on the swabs they have never seen this happen before I had to go into surgery again and clean it up and stitched up again and all was looking good at this 3 week mark got the dressing off and then they put steri strips on it again just to help it and the next day it started oozing again I went to the gp and got them to take the steri strips off and ever since it has stopped oozing and my leg is looking perfect such a weird reaction and the 3 doctors I had looking at it have never seen it before can’t believe they don’t have a name or more research about the steri strips
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