ouchy update

Adler's ouchy is looking much better this morning. she still had a cotton ball sized lump that was hard the other day and the doc said to just keep applying heat. that is harder said than done. we have tried wet wash cloths in a baggie and heating pad. they are both bulky and she wont stay longer than a minute or two. the doc said to do 15 minutes at a time obviously forgot we were talking about a one year old. so we had the idea to get hand warmers that are small and we can tape on her arm. so yesterday daddy went and got hand warmers and we used and ace bandage. it worked and she did not even mind it being on. it also greatly reduced the lump in her arm. we also left all dressings off it last night to dry out in her sleep. today there is redness but no tenderness. there is a much smaller hard lump so we will have to do the heat thing again tonight. we are still waiting to hear about the culture i will have to follow up on that today. otherwise she is still taking the antibiotics but phasing out the Motrin as there is no real swelling.