Hi All,
Remember my client who had the gall bladder surgery?  Well, she now has a
nasty case of flebitis on her hand (where she had the IV) and has a lot of
pain and discomfort in her hand.  She went to a new Dr (her Dr was not
available) and when he saw she was BF her baby he told her that he was going
to put her on an antibiotic (mom doesn't remember what it was) for it but
since she was BF he wasn't going to because it would kill her baby!  She was
flabbergasted! She asked him to say it again in case she hadn't heard him
right and he he said the same thing! He also told her that she needed a
blood thinner to help with the flebitis, he suggested Aspirin, but she is
concerned about Reyes syndrome or some yucky side effect of aspirin with the
baby (3.5 mo old).

So, asisde that she isn't on this antibiotic that will kill her baby (:D)
what can she do to safely take care of this flebitis?  (and why would she
need an antibiotic for this anyway?  Oh, and if it would kill the baby
through the breastmilk, they why would anyone want to take it in the first
place???)

Jay
shaking her head with a chuckle this morning...
Jay Simpson, CLE
Sacramento, California, West Coast, USA
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