Potential Problem

The nurse at the hospital did not remove the gauze around the pins.
I called to ask the doctor if I was supposed to remove them.
He said that I could, and that I should put new gauze on only if any pin sites were oozing.
I removed the gauze, and none of them seemed to ooze.
The next day, a few had a little bit of dried blood around them.
Since I was instructed not to clean the sites yet, I left it alone... it was dried.
Well, what I didn't realize is that these pins were oozing little by little, adding to the dried-blood "piles" around the pins.
We go to the doctor tomorrow, and I know they're going to have to clean these up because after doing some reading, I realized that these crusty things can cause infections. (Great). I feel like an idiot. I should have asked about what to do about the dried blood or put some gauze around them right away.
Definitely not looking forward to our appointment tomorrow.
I have a feeling that everyone at the office will meet "Mr. Hyde" and his howling.

Speaking of... Josiah is going nuts right now. The pin turning really hurt tonight. We should have waited longer after giving him the pain medication. I can tell he's really in pain and not just annoyed like other times. I don't know what to do besides pray for him. It's maddening.

I know he hates this, and so do I.

God I hope it gets better soon.