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Posted on 06/30/2014 11:06:30 AM PDT by trussell
More prayer needed for my family. My son was having troubles with the side of his big toe, at the edge of the toenail...I took him to urgent care/walk-in clinic and they said he had an infection and we should soak it in epsom salts, keep it clean and keep the toenails cut even. They gave him some antibiotics.
He went to camp the first week of June and when he came home, the other foot had sores on both sides of the big toe! ...and the first toe was worse. We cleaned them the same as the other foot, tried to keep them cleaned up and soaked them and then wrapped them before he went to camp for the second week. He got back Saturday and the toes were oozing puss and crusty and bloody. They were so bad I called everyone in my phone book to beg for a ride to the urgent care.
Finally found a ride and when they saw his toes, they said "this is bad". They searched for signs of an ingrown toenail in both toes and said that was not the issue. They said it was important to get him in to see a podiatrist, immediately. They prescribed a cream for the toes (the cream was denied by our insurance), told us to clean both toes with peroxide, put the cream on the sides of the nails where the nail meets the skin, cover with a 2x2 piece of gauze then wrap with gauze wrap (the disposable kind). They gave us a few pieces of gauze and a small amount of the wrap, but no tape. I got a few latex gloves to keep from passing anything to his toes and taking a chance of making the infection worse. At this point, it looks like he will lose his toenail at minimum...and if things dont get done quickly, he could lose both big toes. I am using neosporin ointment in place of the prescription cream they wanted used.
Cody needs prayers, really bad! Please...pray for Cody's medical needs. Also, does anyone have any medical supplies they don't need anymore? We need 2x2 gauze, 4x4 gauze (for cleaning), gauze wrap (2"wide roll)...bigger would probably be ok...peroxide, medical tape...the nylon style would be easier but any available would help!! Neosporin cream, cotton swabs to apply the ointment. Please, if you have any of these, contact me and I will give you an address. I am praying several people will have bits and pieces they are willing to send so I get a little bit of everything needed. God bless you all for the prayers and any help provided for the supplies.
Another issue, does anyone know how to treat poison ivy? He either has a rash that is from poison ivy or from a reaction to something he is allergic to.
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Just now read this about the steroids. That should take care of the rash pretty quickly.
Poison Ivy (if it is). I used to get this really bad--entire limbs would be covered, had to be wrapped in gauze, and calamine lotion (which works well for some folks) did nothing for me. After years of enduring a couple of weeks of abject misery, I found a method which worked for me.
I would rinse the affected area in water as hot as I could stand--which actually felt good--better than scratching or rubbing, wash it with soap, rinse some more, and pat it dry with paper towels. Then the miserable part, I'd soak a paper towel with rubbing alcohol and pat it into the open blisters. That is decidedly painful, but the alcohol helps dry up the blisters. Two or three treatments usually knocked it out, and within a week I could peel away the dead skin.
In case this is an allergic reaction, you might try some Benadryl cream on a small patch and see if it improves. I'd use the calamine lotion next, and if that fails, I'd use my method as a last resort, simply because when those opened blisters get hit with the alcohol it really stings.
Keep in mind, too, that rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol is flammable, and don't use it around an ignition source.
Prayers for Cody that the doctor’s treatment clear this all up.
I’m wondering about his shoes.
good, you said what I was going to say.
BTTT!
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Thank you so much for the prayers...what is it you are wondering about his shoes?
Adding my sincere prayers for your son. Sending prayers up for a good outcome and much peace to you both.
Sending you a pm as well.
I nearly lost my life to a close cousin of MRSA a few years ago. You said that it was an infection — did they say it was “MRSA”? There is a big difference. You can have a bad infection and it not be MRSA. I concur with the above posters. If it is MRSA you can’t mess around with it.
I had some chigger bites on my leg that got infected. Once the infection went deep it spread like crazy. I woke up one morning and my legs were huge with fluid. It spread all over my back, chest, neck. Even maximum-strength antibiotics had little effect. I got some oil of oregano and within a few days the infection was beaten back.
Desitin diaper rash cream is known to fight MRSA, at least when it is spreading on the skin. The “Maximum Strength” thick kind is 40% zinc oxide. The itching can go away in a few minutes. Others have had some success with it, too.
But it sounds like your son is past the point where home remedies will do. We need to pray that you can get him to a doctor or ER.
In the meantime:
1. Have him stay away from ALL sugar. MRSA feeds off sugar. Someone with MRSA can eat something sweet and within minutes the itching will get worse and spread.
2. Have him get PLENTY OF SLEEP. This is so important! The human body repairs itself when we sleep. He absolutely must get a lot of sleep. Take it from personal experience! You can tell when you aren’t getting sleepy because, if you’ve had MRSA, it can come back if you get too tired.
Thank you so much. I will try to watch for the PM, so far it isn’t there. :)
Prayers up for you son.
God Bless.
The pharmacist said that the cream that was prescribed was for MRSA, I guess on the script, it said it was for MRSA.
I will get him in to his appointment tomorrow with his primary care doc and beg of them to refer him or have him admitted if this would be the right plan for him. I will tell him in the morning that sugar makes the pain worse and he needs to stay away from it and that he needs to try to sleep much more than he has been. It wont be easy, but I will be insistant!
Thankful that you made it through alright...the world would have been a less nice place without you in it! Thank you for the prayers for my boy!
“The pharmacist said that the cream that was prescribed was for MRSA”
That’s bad. A MRSA rash can feel like a Poison Ivy rash. Itches like crazy. Desitin will work on the itching, at least it has for mine. But if it is spreading all over he needs medical care. MRSA can go from a simple rash to life-threatening in a short time.
The biggest thing is SLEEP and NO SUGAR. He needs to be sleeping every moment he can.
Prayers for you and your family, and for your dear son. I’m so sorry to hear that he’s having these problems.
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Good luck!
I imagine Salvation is concerned if there are microbes/poison ivy/ etc. inside the shoes that putting the same shoes on will just keep aggravating things.
So another thought is make sure he changes socks often, and they get washed often, and not put into the hamper with other clothes. If it is poison ivy oils that can stay on things for a long time and keeps spreading.
Hope he is better after his appointment!
A friend of mine suggested this: “Similar situation and Dr. (Podiatrist) advised against Neosporin due to it being oil based and keeping it from being able to drain properly. Also said to use white vinegar with water to soak several times a day. He compared vinegar to some prescription med. He gave us Gentamicin Sulfate cream for after soaking. The toe nail did have to come off. Doing these things for a short time made it come off easier.”
Can’t hurt...might help. Even the white vinegar without the meds was suggested.
He is not allowed to wear socks unless he is going outside right now. They said no socks, no blankets touching his toes, no shoes unless he has the toes gauzed and medicated (of course, that was suppose to be with the cream he was denied). I also have told him that he is to put on clean socks EVERY time he has to wear them...just to be safe.
Though that is a legitimate thought as he was at camp and they often wear their socks for a few days without changing to keep from having to wash their socks half way through camp, and his shoes haven’t been washed yet, but those are almost a suede finish (that’s the texture) that he got for Christmas
Prayers for your son
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