So this past Friday early afternoon, I had a student come by with a swollen finger. Denied any injury/insect bite. Afebrile. Said it was a combo of itching/hurting and it started that morning. I decided to outline the inflammation and when I finished that up, I notice very faint streaking, which extended all the way to their shoulder (couldn't tell if it was in the axilla due to restrictive clothing and how faint it was). Called their parent to pick the kid up. I strongly advised them to take the student to the doctor in the next couple hours.
Fast forward to today, parent came by and said the kid had to receive IV antibiotics at the hospital for a day and then was released on oral.
Anyway, I'm at a new district and don't have a work buddy yet that I can share my small victories with, so you guys get to be that for me today. So glad this kid wasn't worse off with sepsis or something. Plus, it's nice to have this little nursing win to be reminded that I have a positive impact on these kids and can actually improve the course of a person's illness/outcome.
