Be warned – this post is NOT for the easily grossed out. Trust me.
CootieBoy and CootieGirl both got bit by skeeters (mosquitos) last week. CootieBoy had three on his chest, two of which have looked particularly nasty the past couple of days. Well, tonight after his bath we removed the bandaid from the worst one only to have a bunch of infection start to seep out. One small squeeze and BOY HOWDY was there a lot in there. Of course, CootieBoy was screaming (both in pain and because Denis had him pinned down), and stuff just kept coming out. Eventually we got to a stopping point and I put some ointment on it, gauze bandage and some tape to hold it on.
Tomorrow he’ll be heading with me to the pediatrician’s office to have it looked at, possibly drained more, and get medicine prescribed (oh joy). The medicine will no doubt also help fight the small bump he is getting on his butt. That one has not gotten any WORSE over the past couple of days, but better safe than sorry.
We’re doing a clean sweep of the house. Every toilet seat in the house is being replaced entirely (Denis is going out in a bit to buy them). The kids’ potty seats are being soaked in bleach water overnight. Toilet seats will now be wiped with bleach wipes after every use by any family member (and visitors for that matter). CootieBoy’s bedsheets and stuffed animals have gone through the XXXtraSanitary cycle in the washer and are now being dried. I’m determined to keep CootieBoy as clean as possible this summer, even if it means doing this stringent cleaning routine all the time. I do NOT want CootieBoy getting boils once a month like CootieGirl did last summer. Especially since the two CootieBoy has had on his butt in the past month are dangerously close to a very sensitive area compared to the ones CootieGirl used to get. And I also don’t want COOTIEGIRL getting boils this summer after being boil-free for over seven months. Lastly, *I* don’t want to get another boil since those things hurt like a really bad curse word that I can’t type here since my mother reads this site.
Poor little guy.