Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Alex's Pilonidal cyst....

Not sure if this is really OK to put on a blog or not, but people have been asking, so we thought we would just update it on the blog!

Alex had whats called a pilonidal cyst, which is a cyst at the base of the tailbone which can become even more infected to become a pilonidal abscess. It causes a lot of pain and the only way to get rid of it is to either have it sliced open and drained or surgically removed. We think he got it because of a fall this winter on the ice. But who knows!

Alex went into Prime Care last thursday and they gave him antibiotics and vicodin which helped a lot, the cyst (I think it was turning into an abscess) went down a lot, but we still had to go into the Dr. today to get it drained. It was kinda disgusting :) I got to watch but it is so much different to watch him going through it than some stranger!!! Everything went well though, It will drain for a couple days then just heal on its own. Alex is really sore, walking around like he's got a pant's full! :) Poor thing!!!

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