MRSA

My dear friends, most of you are already aware of the details in this post but I wanted to give a bit of information to you all. Wednesday of last week Victoria complained of a mosquito bite. Nothing unusual. Thursday the kids and I went to the beach. By Saturday Victoria's bite was hurting and looked similar to a chicken pox. Sunday she was running a temp a fairly large area under her left arm was red hot and inflamed. I had an appointment scheduled for Monday and did not feel it was good to make her wait until Tuesday to see the doctor so I took her to the Urgent Care Center between church services. The Nurse Practitioner said it was an abscess and more than likely Staph. They swabbed it poked it and started her on two antibiotics. Today (Tuesday) it appeared considerably worse so I took her to see our pediatrician this morning. She in turn sent her over to see the surgeon. Who in turn told us that she actually tested positive for MRSA which is basically a severe staph infection that is resistant to most antibiotics. (Probably caused from bacteria in the water at the beach which got into the mosquito bite). The surgeon recommend a procedure that will be done under general anesthesia in the morning. They will make an incision (probably 3-5 inches) drain out as much infection as they can and then scrape out the rest. (He said he feels like it is very deep) She will be given IV antibiotics and pain medications. The wound will be left open, packed with gauze (to keep it from closing) and a drain tube inserted. The plan is for her to come home tomorrow. They are trying to work with our insurance and see if they can have a nurse come to our home twice a day for wound cleaning. Please pray for us during this time. If insurance refuses I will have to do it myself. I am sure I can but am a bit nervous about it. This all happened VERY quickly and has really caught us by surprise. Thanks to you all for your prayers.