Joel has been running full steam ahead since we left the hospital yesterday morning. He is on oral antibiotics (the same exact stuff that he was given through the iv) for 7 days, 3 times a day. It is nasty stuff! All the redness and swelling has disappeared - he just has a small scab on his knee.
Everyone has been asking us what type of bacteria caused Joel's infection, and honestly, we never found out. The doctor was pretty confident it was either strep or staph but they could not verify which one. Joel's scrape did not have enough fluid to collect a sample and since it was not in his bloodstream (praise God!), we do not know. I asked the doctor if there was anything I could have done to prevent the infection and he said "no." That is kind of comforting to know that I didn't do anything wrong but scary that it could happen again. For my own sake, I am keeping him in jeans until that scab is completely gone!
My parents just bought the boys a swingset that was delivered on Friday, so we ended up working on that after we got home. It is quite a job, and Joel and Caleb love "measuring" all the wood for us and getting tools for us. The instructions say that it could take anywhere from 5-24 hours to get it put together. At the rate we are going, it is going to take us at least 24 hours to get that thing done! :)
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