whats a vacation without...........

[Guest guest]

a trip to the ER? really, not a vacation at all!!LOL

So, though we have had PIDs for a long while around here, we have

never had a gaping head wound requiring stitches.

Just wondering if, with the CVID, there is anything different to do or

watch for regarding the injury at all. the dr who treated him(we were

out of town), seemed to know his stuff about the

stitching.......exactly what to use to make the scar less visible(its

in the middle of his forehead) and was very good to Brennan and did a

nice job, but when I asked him this question.....he was like.......uh,

CVID? which is.........and then I said the actual whole four words for

it, and he was like, OH!! well, I guess we could put him on

antibiotics just to be sure.....

so, I guess I just felt like he wasnt quite confident that he knew

what to do with Brennan, and of course being the weekend the drs he

sees are out, I feel a little nervous about it getting infected, even

though we are washing it with antibacterial soap, using triple

antibiotic ointment once a day or if it gets wet or dirty, and keeping

it covered......

am I being overly concerned--is there anything I am missing?

FUNNY-b/c we werent sure WHAT(at the time) he had cut his head on, my

DH told me to be sure to ask if he might need a tetanus shot, in case

it was a nail or screw(he was on a swingset).

So on the way to the hospital, Brennan asked me how the dr could give

him a " tennis shoe shot " .........LOL poor kid, I cant imagine what was

going on in his head.

Valarie