<p><p>Liam had what we think was the mumps about two weeks ago.&#160; He had stayed out of school all last week so he won't infect anyone.&nbsp; However his swelling on the left side of his neck didn't disappear and yesterday the bump felt warm to the touch and was red. I was concerned about the red on his bump and the firmness of his bump. Made an appointment for this morning and fortunately today was a report card day so I did not have any students. Only a few parents came to collect their children's report cards.
We ended up having to take Liam to the emergency room because our doctor could not get an appointment time with her preferred ENT doctor. She recommended that we go to the ER of Cleveland Clinic. I left early from work to help Ahmie take him there.
They took us in quickly and we were seen pretty quickly. They drew some blood which Liam had a hard time doing I had to hold him and reassure him that he is okay. He was crying pretty hard but he did get the IV in him he was still pretty upset and wanted the IV taken out after the blood draws.
He was pretty upset about the IV and blood draws for about an hour. We waited a bit then we met the doctor. We let him watch tv and let him play angry birds space to keep his mind off of all of this. I think by the time liam was doing his CT scan he was mostly at ease with all the poking and prodding.
Even when they had to inject the contrast fluid for the CT which was a pretty big syringe (60ml!). After the CT the ENT came in and gave us the prognosis. He has some infection in his lymph nodes in his neck, and needs to be admitted for IV antibiotic therapy.
We finally got admitted and brought to the pediatrics section of the hospital at around 8:30. I finally left for home at around 9:30 to touch base with Del, Col and my parents.
I finally got back to the hospital at a little past 11 with most of what Ahmie asked for. Liam was finally getting his first dose of antibiotics. Other than being a bit tired he seems to be acting like his normal self. I saw that he had a bandaid in his other arm. I'm guessing that he is not as scared of getting his blood drawn.
Liam is such a tropper! I'm proud of how he seems to be taking all of this in stride.
