We experienced a rare infection in our home recently. Apparently, the pediatricians see only one to two cases of salivary gland infections and/or stones a year. Charlie was one of those cases for them in 2012. The poor kid. Here are a few shots we took of his face all swollen. The treatment was wet warm compresses, sucking on sour foods/candy and lots of pain medicine. Apparently this is quite painful. He was a trooper, but we did have bouts of huge tears. Luckily, the infection cleared up on its own in a few days.
This was one amazing bug. I'm glad we were there with you but I hate seeing these reminders of that nasty bug.
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