Ack! My baby had MRSA!

[gcgirl]

No kidding!

Background: we took him in to the pedi's office a few days after we left the hospital because he had developed blisters around his navel. She took a swab and started him on antibiotics because she figured it was staph.

We just got back from the pedi's office from our follow-up appointment, and she told us the lab confirmed Gabe had MRSA! Craptastic. The good news is it went away almost immediately; the bad news is we treated it with antibiotics. Poor kid, like it's not bad enough he had to have antibiotics at birth (because I'm GBS+), he also had 7 days worth of it to fight off this crap.

The good news is it DID respond to a first course of meds - obviously that's a good thing. I just HATE that I had to give him antibiotics so early on though! *weep*

But he's doing well, didn't even get diarrhea or thrush/yeast while he was on the meds. Regardless, I'm starting him on probiotics ASAP (wish I'd had some on hand already). I feel like such a bad mother already, *allowing* my kid to get MRSA and giving him so many antibiotics so early. If he develops asthma, I know I'm always going to blame myself. So much for keeping his little body pristine and healthy.

[Isaac'sMa]

((hugs)) It's not your fault that he had MRSA. Please do not feel guilty about it...these things seem to be random. You did the best thing by getting it looked at and taken care of so quickly. Thank G-d he's okay!

[sorteep]

hugs, mrsa is nasty and nothing to mess with, you did the best thing jumping right on it.. hugs, gabe will be ok...

[wwisdomskr]

[scheelimama]

So glad it cleared up easily and quickly!

[renaissanceed]

Hugs Mama, glad to hear that it's all cleared up now. Scary stuff, but thankfully he responded to the first round of treatment.

[sandiegokristi]

NAK

[*Lindsey*]

[Momma Aimee]

But he's doing well, didn't even get diarrhea or thrush/yeast while he was on the meds. Regardless, I'm starting him on probiotics ASAP (wish I'd had some on hand already). I feel like such a bad mother already, *allowing* my kid to get MRSA and giving him so many antibiotics so early. If he develops asthma, I know I'm always going to blame myself. So much for keeping his little body pristine and healthy.

you are an excellent momma for seeing the problem, getting it checked out and getting it trreated

We all live in the real world and have to make real world choices.

You are an awsome momma ......

Aimee

[Ackray]

Yikes!

[Grace24]

Scary! But sounds like you did the right thing.

[ComfyCozy]

Ugh. DD had staph, too. I'm not positive that it was MRSA (doc didn't let me know which strain of staph it was) but he did say that the last time he'd seen anything like that it was MRSA. We did the topical antibiotics and it was a scary few days as we waited for those bumps to get smaller and smaller, but she seems to have kicked that staph infection.

It's scary, isn't it?