Baby Wowie

Don't let my post title fool you. The only WOW about the wowie is how fast it all happened. Wowie in my world means owie.

It appears I got bitten by a bug several times in a very, how can I say, delicate area on my body. Looking at first like diaper rash, mommy made sure I had as much open air as possible last night. However, my bites got bigger and I experienced intense swelling from 6 a.m. - 10 a.m. this morning. After a trip to the pediatrician and concern that I could have a hernia in my groin or a twisted you-know-what, I was referred to the ER for an ultrasound. Long story short, my swelling was diagnosed as a severe infection and I was placed on IV antibiotics and fluids. Good news is it wasn't the twisty thing or a hernia - both which would have required surgery. Mommy and daddy and 'bama and all the health care people were super impressed with how brave I was. I sure was in pain though.

So, I have about 48 hours of R-n-R before I show improvement and about 10 days of drugs, thrice daily.

Beating the odds,

~ Emerson