Nail Bed Infection

Ok This was the most Scaring day, the Nail and the entire finger is infected very very badly, It looks Rotten & Gross. It is confirmed that this is a Nail Bed Infection, but this can be caused from Bacteria or by Fungus.

To add the worried of Geet she has not got Diarrhea too, Doctor says that he cannot give High dose medication for this infection as it will increase the Diarrhea and this is not good for infants.

It pains to much to see her finger, its all black & filled with Blisters, I loved her tiny beautiful fingers so much and this finger I cant even stand to watch, imagine the Geet, cant even communicate.

This infection is suppose to be contagious, So we had to make sure that Geet’s hand does not come in contact with rest of her body and that is not easy to do. It was poor Vanitha who would be with Geet 24/7 to make sure that this proper Cream and attention was given to her.

While Vanitha was there with Geet, I had to communicate all this with proper pictures to the Surgeon there in UK.

This is an unique things about infants, things change so quickly you hardly have time to react, like she had .5cm tooth in just overnight. We were shocked at that time, that how can a 40 day old baby have a tooth all of a sudden, similarly, this small infection, within two days had taken over her complete finger and her hand.

We are now called to meet the Pediatric Surgeon to prick the finger and remove the puss while continuing the medication. I could not watch it :( , Vanitha told me to wait outside while She was Geet during the entire process.

I cant imagine that Doc actually pricked her finger to remove the puss, I hope there was other way, afterall she is just 3 months old..

 

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