cut and pasted from another blog... sorry if it sounds scattered!
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Saturday night Jonas had a bad reaction to Oxy Clean I cleaned his new diapers in. We switched him to disposables while I washed them again. I noticed that night that his penis looked swollen. DH proudly claimed (in jest) he was just "a growing boy". Last night, it still looked swollen so I thought I'd bring him to a friend whose son is also intact (my mom would just want to retract him and that may do more harm than good). When we got here this morning, it was super swollen and tender to the touch. As I was wiping him from a dirty diaper, his penis began to just ooze green pus. There's no foul odor, but it hurts him and it was just pouring. I'm taking him to the doctor at 11:15. I'm afraid it's going to turn into a battle to keep him from being retracted.
(written 4 hours later) When I changed his diaper again, the smell was wretched. Not nearly as much pus, but his penis looks red/purple and swollen. We went to the doctor... Wow, what a visit. She cultured the pus. She said depending on the culture results (3-7 days), he may need to be treated on an inpatient basis (WHAT?!) because most penile infections need to be treated on an inpatient basis. I asked about UTI and she said that you don't see pus coming out with UTIs, typically with STDs (Um, hello... mom of a 2 year old here, can we get an age-appropriate diagnosis? K, thanks!) She reluctantly did a urinalysis, and found white and red blood cells in his urine which could be from his skin or from his urinary tract. We're waiting for cultures but starting Augmentin. I'm also going to start him on a strong dose of probiotics, topical Lavender EO in olive oil and some cranberry juice. For now we're using the disposables because I need to make sure the infection doesn't spread to Ari (who uses the same diapers at night). Oh, and of course, she ends the visit with, "Well, we now have a medical reason to circumcise him. Would you be interested in that?" I said absolutely not, and tried to hide my utter frustration with her suggesting it. She questioned my reasons for leaving him intact, and I left it at personal beliefs. She said keeping him intact (she used "not circumcising") would increase his risk of another infection. (Yeah, and I'll whack my labia off to prevent yeast infections. Who needs genital integrity...)
So, here's my questions:
1. Any insight on the inpatient treatment of penile infections?
2. I need to get a good cleaning of the diapers. 12 fuzzi bunz and 15 inserts. How do I go about it? Would some bleach in the wash be enough?
3. Thoughts regarding her circumcision argument? (besides shared frustration at "let's just whack it off" mentality) ;)
(written 4 hours later) When I changed his diaper again, the smell was wretched. Not nearly as much pus, but his penis looks red/purple and swollen. We went to the doctor... Wow, what a visit. She cultured the pus. She said depending on the culture results (3-7 days), he may need to be treated on an inpatient basis (WHAT?!) because most penile infections need to be treated on an inpatient basis. I asked about UTI and she said that you don't see pus coming out with UTIs, typically with STDs (Um, hello... mom of a 2 year old here, can we get an age-appropriate diagnosis? K, thanks!) She reluctantly did a urinalysis, and found white and red blood cells in his urine which could be from his skin or from his urinary tract. We're waiting for cultures but starting Augmentin. I'm also going to start him on a strong dose of probiotics, topical Lavender EO in olive oil and some cranberry juice. For now we're using the disposables because I need to make sure the infection doesn't spread to Ari (who uses the same diapers at night). Oh, and of course, she ends the visit with, "Well, we now have a medical reason to circumcise him. Would you be interested in that?" I said absolutely not, and tried to hide my utter frustration with her suggesting it. She questioned my reasons for leaving him intact, and I left it at personal beliefs. She said keeping him intact (she used "not circumcising") would increase his risk of another infection. (Yeah, and I'll whack my labia off to prevent yeast infections. Who needs genital integrity...)
So, here's my questions:
1. Any insight on the inpatient treatment of penile infections?
2. I need to get a good cleaning of the diapers. 12 fuzzi bunz and 15 inserts. How do I go about it? Would some bleach in the wash be enough?
3. Thoughts regarding her circumcision argument? (besides shared frustration at "let's just whack it off" mentality) ;)
