Nicholas had to get another couple of shots yesterday. He had Mastoiditis.
This is what his ear kind of looked like.
The site I went to said it was caused by an ear infection, and then "the infection may spread from the ear to the mastoid bone of the skull. The mastoid bone fills with infected materials and its honeycomb-like structure may deteriorate. Mastoiditis most commonly affects children. Before antibiotics, mastoiditis was one of the leading causes of death in children. Now it is a relatively uncommon and much less dangerous disorder."
I hate to say this, but I can totally see how this could be a leading cause of death in children. Thank goodness for anitibiotics! Nick is now playing in the other room. Playing. We're going to the Library later, to return some now very overdue books and get out of the house (the doctor's office just didn't count.)
5 comments:
So glad to hear things are getting better. Having looked on that website you linked to I can see it must have been horrid. Enjoy your outing today :-)
Hi Kathleen, Just stopped by to say hi. Your account of mastoiditis is great. I'm glad to hear Nicky is on the mend. Pre-antibiotics must have been hell. Hi to all. Visiting your blogspot is always great. You're a terrific jounalizer.
Ken
Wow! I opened up the picture & from the look of it, Nick seems to be in an eye-ball rolling trance as he reads the bumps on his brother's head! Did he say what he felt/thought/was communicated whilst in this trace like state? I want to know!
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