They choose to take the child to the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center’s emergency department out of concern.
The diagnosis is determined as soon as they go to the medical center: the visiting physicians believe it to be a swollen gland and are likely to prescribe an antibiotic. After that, the family is returned home.
The infant is later taken back to the hospital by Mya Whittington’s grandmother when she notices an odd pimple on the swollen spot, which has grown to the size of a golf ball and a half.
After diagnosing a staph infection on her lymph nodes, the doctor splits the pimple, gives her more antibiotic, and uses a marker to sketch the boundary of the swollen region so that it can track any increase or reduction.
MYA Whittington is brought back to the hospital on Monday morning, when the on-call doctor removes the crust that had developed where the pimple was broken.
