Posted on 08/07/2009 12:02:45 AM PDT by dannyboy72a
MY 7 yr old, autistic son, Matthew came home from his mother's house today with blisters on his arm and leg. I have tried to call her repeatedly to find out the source of the blisters, but no return call. So, I'm hoping some of the parents here will have seen something similar and can tell me whether it's something i need to be concerned about.
There are four burns on him. Two on his inner forearm, a large grouping of blisters on his inner calf, and a small one just above the large one on the leg. I don't know if these are fire burns, chemical burns or burns at all.
With Matthew being autistic, he is unable to tell me how he got them and his mother either is not aware of them (which is not impossible as she tends to pawn the kids off on grandma or others the limited time she has them) or is aware of what happened and does not want to admit to whatever it is. Either way, the sores cannot be more than three days old as she picked them up Monday morning and dropped them off Thursday afternoon.
If anyone can tell me whether this is something to be concerned about, whether it merits a doctor's visit.
Staph?
The blister photos look odd. Chemical? Acids? It looked like staph but the blisters, not so sure...
I worked on a burn unit for a year - these aren’t a typical burn. Contact allergy or reaction? Bug bite reaction? Some of both? I’ve never seen cigarette burns, but the two circular ones look more like bug or spider bites.
Take the child to a clinic and have it documented and treated. (For your own protection as well as the child)Then call your lawyer for advice..... We had to have transfers made at the police station with an inspection before heading home because of similar problems.
Fire Ants in your area?
Obviously you’re very concerned or you would not have posted about it, go with your instinct and take him to the doctor. It sounds as if your son is not getting the proper attention when he’s with your wife.
I have a son with DS, with very little communication, so I know how hard it can be trying to figure out what’s going on.
They look like a drip injury, like dripping hot water, candle wax, or some other hot liquid. I may be wrong though, also are these burns on an area that would normally not be burnt? Palm side of forearm, backs of the legs?
Poison ivy.
Do the adults that were there have any insight?
Something to cause such burn wounds would certainly cause the kid to cry loudly when it happened. Do they have any recollection of it happening? They don’t appear to be cigarette burns, but anyone who may be halfway looking after the kid should know what caused it.
My wife would kill me if I didn’t know what happened to cause something like this with one of our kids while I was watching them. Those appear to be some pretty serious burns, and there’s more than one.
Not that I know of. Why?
By the way, he was probably having lots of fun when he got it, and you seem as though you need a drink or a psychiatrist.
That’s an interesting take. I hadn’t thought about something dripping.
I’ve called her three times tonight and gotten no response. That could be that she’s “out” or it could be her dodging the question. If it’s the later, when i do get a call back, she’ll play dumb and act like she didn’t see them.
IT’S POISON IVY!!!!
Have you never been outside????
If these are on the inside of his forearms and calfs that is an area which would rarely get any type of injury and are common areas investigators look for in signs of abuse (I am not saying this is what is happening)
Be very careful. This can turn on you. They could claim that you did it. A friend of mine reported to the police that a child confided in him that she was sexually abused by her mom's boyfriend. This child had been living with her mom and her boyfriend who she also would leave the child with for days. They sometimes also would "dump" her off at his house for days and go party (not wise for him to watch this child in this situation but he helps everyone). Anyway he felt it was his duty to protect the child and tell the police. The mom stuck up for her sleazy boyfriend and turned on him. Long story short the court believed the mother and he is in prison. I extremely doubt that he did it. You might want to call your lawyer first before you alert authorities.
I have never seen anyone get pinpoint poison ivy and if it was his ankles would be covered in it too.
I’ve had tons of poison ivy and never had it blister.
Poor kid. He got some poison ivy, and now his parents are going nuts or going to jail. What a bunch of ignoramuses.
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