Mysterious Bite

[puppetmaker]

Last night Caroline came to me because her hand hurt. It looked like she jammed her finger and I had her dip it in cool water and gave her some pain meds. This morning her whole left hand is swollen and I can now see a puncture wound just below the lower joint of her finger. So this morning is going to be about a visit to the Doctor to find out what we need to do for her.

More as I know more.

I am grateful that Caroline showed me her hand last night so I have a better idea when it happened.Bite

Comments

[jendaby.livejournal.com]

I'm glad she showed you, too. Adara had a spider bite on her hand when she was two, and the hand swelled way up. It turned out to not be serious - just that a hand swells more when bitten because there is less space for it to dissipate...but it does get uncomfortable, and is best to have inspected, of course! Hope all is well and she feels better soon!

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Same thing here apparently. I gave her some Benadryl which put her out for a long nap but I think she needed it. We cleaned up her toy areas and checked for spiders living in the corners. I think I got all the stray webs out of here.