A Hint of Red

For a few days I had been wiping Breanna after a bowel movement and each time found a hint of red as I wiped. I tried to believe it was nothing the first time I saw it, but the second and third time I got concerned thinking "what if she has an infection?" How scary. I looked up the symptoms online (redness on tissue wipe, child complains at the touch, etc...) and found out that it's nothing serious. It just happens to be that Breanna has an anal fissure, which means nothing more than a bleeding crack on the anal sphincter - appearing at 6 o'clock and 12 o'clock if examining it like a clock. Poor girl. To remedy the situation, last night I put A&D diaper cream which soothes and heals cracked skin...and she's all better now! Phew!