Just when we thought it was going so well, Ava has picked up her first pin site infection. To be fair we have been really lucky that she has gone so far without one, but they are not pleasant. The first sign that something wasn't right was on Monday when we found out she had complained to her teacher about a sore/aching leg. The teacher let her go through the school day and Ava went to a friends after school. The fact that she was dropped back early made me feel that something was definitely not right.
When Ava came home she had quite a high temperature and was very tearful. As the evening progressed she was shivering, but boiling hot to touch, and her leg was inflamed. We knew straight away that this was an infection.
The hospital discharged us with antibiotics so we started the course immediately and also gave Ava some Calpol. We were told by the hospital not to give ibuprofen as this interferes with the bone development (not something you want when you've spent 3 months increasing leg length).
Needless to say the past few days and nights have been hard. Ava hasn't slept much and has been in lots of pain. In the day she hasn't been able to move at all as it hurts too much, so the days have been spent with her leg elevated on the sofa. I have had to carry her to the toilet.
Today we went to the hospital as wanted to get the infection checked out as it had started to ooze pus and blood (not nice!) and Ava's leg was bright pink. They reassured us and said the infection should start to clear up after 72 hours, once the antibiotics have kicked in. Their advice was to keep giving Ava Calpol, clean the infected wound daily with Hydrex solution and ensure she rests.
Hopefully we'll be over the worst by the weekend as Ava is feeling pretty miserable, which is completely understandable.
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