They came and took him! What do I do now? *UPDATE PAGE 5!*

[Cinder & Smoke]

But when we got him he had these horrible bumps all over him
especially on his back (pics attached).
We have no clue what they are.

With NO mention of the marks or how they got there by his "mother"???


I'd have had him in the ER so fast his little head would still be spinning!

SOMEBODY with medical knowledge needs to see those - and QUICKLY enough
that YOU CAN'T be blamed for inflicting them.

Get a diagnosis of WHAT they are; then go from there.



**EDITED to correct "you can" to "YOU CAN'T" be blamed.

[lizbud]

[QUOTE=Cinder & Smoke]With NO mention of the marks or how they got there by his "mother"???
With NO mention of the marks or how they got there by his "mother"???


I'd have had him in the ER so fast his little head would still be spinning!

SOMEBODY with medical knowledge needs to see those - and QUICKLY enough
that YOU CAN'T be blamed for inflicting them.

Get a diagnosis of WHAT they are; then go from there.



**EDITED to correct "you can" to "YOU CAN'T" be blamed.

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Oh, I agree. Get the baby seen by a Doctor.

[Grace]

Didn't he have bumps on his back last week, also?

ABSOLUTELY - take him to the ER or Urgent Care. Get this documented by a professional ASAP. Take the pictures with you.

[Catty1]

To the doc - ER - please.

I know you saw the one doctor before about a few bumps. Now the doc should see they are WORSE.

So they bother Nathan? Are they itchy or painful when you touch him?

HUGS

[sumbirdy]

Yes, they are itchy to him.

He had marks on him last week but they were not nearly as bad. We were shocked at how bad they were this time.

All she could say about it was that she didn't know what they were. What shocked me the most was she said they might me ants. How would you not know that ants were crawling all over your baby soon enough to get them off before they bit him?

Would tomorrow still be soon enough to take him to the ER? Actually I don't know if we would be able to go until Monday due to the need for gas money...
What if we got the nurse to come out again and look at them and possibly document them or something? Would that help?

[Catty1]

Phone the nurse and ask.

I am wondering if they are shingles? Caused by stress....but Nathan is WAAY too young to have those.

Hopefully the nurse would come out, and take photos. Would the CHS worker come out on a Sunday?

I know you took pics....try to use a macro setting and get as much of a close-up as you can.

HUGS!

[sumbirdy]

Phone the nurse and ask.

I am wondering if they are shingles? Caused by stress....but Nathan is WAAY too young to have those.

Hopefully the nurse would come out, and take photos. Would the CHS worker come out on a Sunday?

I know you took pics....try to use a macro setting and get as much of a close-up as you can.

HUGS!

Mom was thinking the exact same thing-shingles. When he comes over here they clear up withing a day or two and already the ones he has now are better. I can see why it would be stressful to live over there. While we were there today, Stephanie was screaming (and I mean screaming) at Charles' dog, Truck, and telling Charles she was going to beat his d*** dog. Mom went in their house and said that poor dog was hunkered down in a corner and when mom tried to get closer to him he snapped at her. Apparantly they got him from her friends because their kids beat him and all I could think was "Well, he didn't go into a better home." Every animal they get they end up getting rid of because "They got too big" or "They pooped in the floor" or "I just couldn't put up with them any more." I feel just as sorry for their animals as I do for Nathan when he has to be over there.

And we took up close pictures of them. (Although they are not great because Nathan wouldn't sit still) But you can really see them there. I would post them but they are on the other computer. I might see if I could do it tomorrow during Nathan's nap.

[sumbirdy]

Just confirmed-we can't do anything until Monday. But Monday we will. And the next time we go get him I'm sure they will be there again so as soon as we pick him up I'll tell mom and dad we should take him immediately to the ER.

I just don't see how she can talk about it so casually and say it could be from ants and then continue to set him in the grass. You would think that if a mother thought something was hurting her child and she had a way to stop it she would. And these bumps are making him miserable. He's never been itchy in his life until he went over there and started getting these. Poor baby. If I could take it all away, I would.

[mrspunkysmom]

Jumping in here.

Do try to get a close-up of the bites. Don't forget that journal. Write down everything she said about those bites.

I can tell you that fire ants leave a brownish scar, but before that there is a small pustule that forms in the center of the bite. And that the bite hurts like hell. The bites can become infected. I don't know if these are fire ants, but sugar ants usually aren't vindictive. Fire ants are.

I find it difficult to believe that child services won't send someone out to see the child with those bites.

And child services is allowed to make surprise visits to her.