Bite

Dallin had this huge "bruise" on his ankle last weekend.  It was hurting him really bad and he'd been complaining about it for days so I finally convinced him to go to InstaCare last Saturday.  If I'm working for insurance and we've hit our deductible, you better believe we're going to take advantage!

I thought he'd sprained or fractured his ankle somehow. He couldn't put a finger on an incident that had happened to make it hurt, it had just started happening.  I noticed that the area was really hot compared to the rest of his leg.

Luckily we got right in at InstaCare.  The doctor wasn't sure what was going on.  A bug bite, an allergic reaction, a sprain?  All of the x-rays came back negative, we couldn't find a bit on the area and there weren't any scrapes for an infection.  His blood work came back alright with his hematocrit hinting that something was brewing so they put him on antibiotics, allergy medicine and and antihistam
ine to kind of hit it from all angles.

The Benadryl knocked him out so he probably won't be taking that again.  The swelling is finally going down, it's not as red and not has hot so we think it's working.  At least the red area isn't as big (or growing) and it's not hurting him as bad anymore.  It was all very strange and random.  Our basement apartment has been filled with spiders (ewwww) so I wonder if he got bit by one?  I made him an appointment with a family doctor this week to get things checked out and make sure everything is ok.

In semi-related news, here is a picture of the little chompers when they first came in.  It was torture trying to get a picture.  Sorry Zoey.  They are really through now and are easy to see when she grins.