So I haven't really told you guys about Skyler's pressure sore yet.  I have mentioned them change his wound dressing but I havent really talked about it because it hasnt been one of the bigger issues.  It has become a bigger issue now and Im pretty angry about the whole thing today so I thought I would share.  About three weeks into being at the hospital, Skyler's skin on his bum by his tailbone started turning a darker color and started to get some breakdown.  Ever since then the spot has kept getting worse and hasnt been able to heal because of his counts being so low.  For the past five weeks or so they have had a wound nurse come in and change the dressing on it but it just hasnt gotten any better so she suggested getting plastic surgery involved.  They came down and looked at it yesterday and decided they need to scrape out the dead skin inside and see if that would make the wound heal a little faster.  If not, then they will have to take him to the OR and surgically clean it and close it.  So yesterday they scraped it out.  It was a little deeper than they thought and it was bleeding like crazy!  They had to hold pressure on it for what seemed like forever and then had to pump him full of this......

                                                                         (BLOOD)

and this........

(PLATELETS)

 After two units of platelets and some blood be finally stopped bleeding.  Since then he has been in EXTREME pain and can only be on either of his sides in bed, which is not ideal for the healing of his lungs.  Im really angry about the whole thing today.  I havent been too concerned or angry in the past because this just seemed like the least of his problems, but now it is interfering with his progress in getting better and Im MAD!  This was caused from not being turned while in bed for three weeks in a row.  I know Im a CNA and I have done this stuff for a job and I know that people who lay in bed need to be turned, but I was just so upset and worried and this dang cancer that it didnt even cross my mind.  It should have crossed the mind of nurses and techs here though because that is part of their job.  Ugh!  So now Skyler is in so much pain and his lungs are sounding more junky from not being able to sit upright and get up in the chair.  Im sorry for complaining but Im just really irritated and I hate having to see him in so much pain when this could have been prevented. 

 Im going to show you a pic of it, and you will probably think Im crazy for showing a picture of part of my son's bum but I just want people to be aware of this kind of stuff.