Blakes poor little feet

Ever since Blake was born he has had problems with his cute little feet. Well here is another one to add to the list. After we went to the zoo on Monday Blake was crying because his feet hurt he said. When i looked at his two big toes, they both looked purple and infected a little. He wouldnt let me touch them and just kept telling me they hurt. So i made an appt to see his doctor. Driving to the doctors office i just thought they would tell me its normal and to not be worried. Little did i know.......... The doctor looked at them and said , "bad news Winter, his toes need some help." I was like oh man! She explained to me that Blake toes nails grow really funky and they are pretty much growing underneath his skin. Only his big toes. She told me we have two options. 1. for the next couple weeks i would need to soak his feet 3 times a day in hot water and epson salt and then stick thin shreds of cotton balls under the nails and try to push them up. 2. She would numb the toes with litacain(no idea how to spell) which burns until it is fully numb and then cut all the skin around the toenails and kind of reshape them. We opted for number 2 :( I just knew the option 1 would not be able to happen. He would let me stick cotton under his toes that many times a day and option one may not even work. Blake has been through a lot in almost the 2 years of his life. But this particular situation was one of the worst. It was so incredibly painful for him and no matter where i was outside of the room i could hear him scream and saying HURT!!! I of course was bawling as my poor little boy was in so much pain. It is so hard to feel so helpless. There was absolutely nothing i could do to take away the pain or comfort him. They bandaged him up and right when i put him in the car he fell asleep. But every 5 minutes or so he would wake up a little and cry that his toes hurt. So of course i cry the whole way home. He slept in his bed for like 40 minutes and woke up. After his nap he was totally fine! He was walking and playing and laughing. He was on Ibuprofen so i am sure that helped, but still, he is such a trooper.


I took off the bandages to give him a bath and this is what they both looked like :( He wasnt letting me touch his feet so i couldnt get both in the picture. My poor sweet boy
During the bath i was able to get a lot of the blood off but look at all that bruising. Oh my gosh i feel so bad for him. I put some Neosporin on them and more bandages. He was crying the whole time. My sweet boy is such a tough strong little one. I feel so blessed that i have a son that can teach me so much and be so strong. I love him more than life. His binky, blankie and buzz chair always make everything better.