A little bump in the road...or the leg

A couple of weeks ago Jared noticed Tanner got a small scrape on his knee and the next day it turned into a big nasty bump. We left it alone for a little while to see if it'd go away but it didn't. On Sunday Tanner woke up with hives so I took him into the pediatrician and had both checked out. It turned out the hives were an allergic reaction to Amoxicillin and the Dr. didn't know what the bump was and referred me to a surgeon to check it out. He was scheduled yesterday to go to Primary Children's Hospital to get it drained and cleaned out.

This is Tanner the night before...


A little close-up...


As soon as we got home I carried him into the house and laid him on my bed with his leg propped up and a movie on. Less than 20 minutes later I walk into the kitchen and he's lined up all the stools and chairs...

Nothing will slow this kid down.

The Surgeon said it was an infection. He said it probably was a bruise that got infected and it should be just fine. It was a bit of a big ordeal needing to got to the hospital and prepare him for surgery just to drain a little bump on his leg but I'm glad he was able to get it done asleep rather than freak out while someone cut into his leg. Tanner was really pretty cute during the whole thing. He was REALLy excited about his cool hospital pajamas and the mask that he had to put over his face for the sleepy medicine. PCMC was a really nice hospital and it was one of the only places I didn't feel stressed over Tanner acting like a 4 year old boy. They had so many toys, suckers, and he even got to ride in a wagon to the operating room.