It's a Mystery

Ben and I got to go see Jim Gaffigan again (third time).  We smiled and laughed all night, it was fun.

However, at the show Ben's elbow started hurting.  It got all swollen and red and we had no idea why.  

The next day it was getting worse, so we took pictures and sent them to my dad who said it looked like olecronon bursitis and prescribed an antibiotic.  Two days later, it looked even worse.  Dr. Layton took a look and told Ben that he should go to the ER, so he did.

We had outlined it with marker so we
could tell if it was spreading
Um, it was.

In the ER he was given IV antibiotics, they did blood work and took a sample of the goopy pus.  The culture came back negative for organisms and his blood work was normal.  What???  How could that be?  He had no abrasions, no bug bites and there was no injury.  After a follow up visit with an orthopedic specialist it remains a mystery.   We just hope it heals quickly so he doesn't have to postpone his knee surgery.  I'll write about that later.