Since yesterday afternoon Melynn hasn't slept very well. She didn't take a nap at all yesterday and today's wasn't very long. She woke up during the night really fussy. This evening we discovered that she wouldn't sit down, not even in the bath tub. While changing her diaper we noticed she had a hard bump on her bum cheek. Yesterday it wasn't very big but today it grew to be about 2 inches long and 1 inch wide and very hard to the touch.
We decided to take her in to the doctor at about 7:00 tonight to have it checked out because we were worried she might not sleep tonight. We took her in and when the doctor looked at it he immediately said it was a boil and that they would need to lance it (cut it open) tonight to relieve pressure.
They gave her a sedative and strapped my poor sweetheart down. For the next twenty minutes they proceeded to slice open her boil and drain out the puss and fluid. All the while she cried inconsolably, causing me to cry as well. I didn't know how I could help my baby with her pain. I think that she was mostly mad that she couldn't move. But I'm sure it hurt too and the sedative made her really groggy. They packed the wound with gauze and we have to come back for the next two days to get it repacked.
Here are a few pics:
Hutch's 2nd Birthday
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