Today, Caleb had another terrible day in therapy. It was very painful for me to see him in such pain and it took a LOT for the therapists to get his knee straight. I feel just terrible for him that he is taking such giant leaps backwards, especially since we were doing so wonderful the last couple of weeks. Today, we were scheduled with a therapist that we had never worked with before and right off the bat she noticed that Caleb's top pin looked infected. She suggested starting him on antibiotics right away. Caleb in this past month has been having a lot of problems with this top pin site. First, granulated tissue pops out at the pin site so it is yucky and gunky most of the time. Second, the bone at this pin site is getting loose, a somewhat normal symptom of prolonged exposure to the fixator. Dr. Paley and the PA's haven't been concerned with it as of yet but today it looked especially nasty. This could be the reason for the setback. It is possible that Caleb has had an infection brewing. We will see by the end of the weekend if there is any improvement after he gets a few rounds of antibiotics in him.
To make matters even worse, Caleb took a nasty fall on the tile this evening. One of my girls got the floors pretty wet after her bath tonight and as Caleb was getting ready to take his bath he slipped and cracked his body hard onto the tile floor. I didn't see it, but I heard it. It was a bad one. My poor baby was screaming for a good 30 minutes. My husband broke down in tears and I tried very hard to keep it together. Honestly, this was the last thing his poor little body needed. We are praying that Caleb starts to improve again. His spirits are down this week and he is feeling pretty bad.
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