I emailed her mom today and told her I was a bit concerned about this nickel-size pimple-looking boil in her diaper area. It just looked like a tiny pimple late last week but today it is much more red, it's larger and I touched it today and could feel the puss and she was definitely in pain when I barely touched it.
I did some research on my own and the closest thing I could find (that has a similar appearance) is MRSA which is a super contagious staph infection. Now I'm freaking out and really want her pedi to diagnose it before I take her back. I would just hate for it to spread.
What would you guys do? Have her see the pedi? I just don't know because it could just be an ingrown hair or some other random thing but I just don't want to take any chances. Thing is though that she's had it since the middle of last week but it didn't look anything like it does today.
Thoughts?
Update:
Mom took her after pick-up to the pedi. They laced it, drained it, put her on an antibiotic and gave her some medicated cream. Mom left me a voicemail telling me tomorrow I need to apply the cream with a glove and Qtip b/c it is easily spread.
I just wonder if anyone has ever asked anyone to keep their little one home that has an open staph infection.
I did some research on my own and the closest thing I could find (that has a similar appearance) is MRSA which is a super contagious staph infection. Now I'm freaking out and really want her pedi to diagnose it before I take her back. I would just hate for it to spread.
What would you guys do? Have her see the pedi? I just don't know because it could just be an ingrown hair or some other random thing but I just don't want to take any chances. Thing is though that she's had it since the middle of last week but it didn't look anything like it does today.
Thoughts?
Update:
Mom took her after pick-up to the pedi. They laced it, drained it, put her on an antibiotic and gave her some medicated cream. Mom left me a voicemail telling me tomorrow I need to apply the cream with a glove and Qtip b/c it is easily spread.
I just wonder if anyone has ever asked anyone to keep their little one home that has an open staph infection.
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