Purple People Eater

All jokes aside, Young Old's purple-tinged mouth is the result of treatment for Mama K's (hopefully) former-breast infection, brought on by the antibiotics we had to use during the birthing process. The yeast infection has been an absolute bear to defeat in hand-to-nipple combat, but we think we finally got it licked. She's been dealing with shooting pain, and sore nipples during and after each feeding for the last month, a feeling she's often described as "razor blade-like". Ouch. So after a virtual cornucopia of homeopathic treatments, we went to seek professional medical help, after which gentian violet was prescribed. You all probably remember this liquid stain of the deepest purple imaginable from your biology class in high school, used to prepare slides of plant cell structures. For you Joseph Heller and WWI buffs out there, here's a snippet of the Wikipedia entry:

In Catch-22, the medics are portrayed as using gentian violet on feet and gums as a universal panacea. This may be because of the fact that in World War I American soldiers returning after a leave were irrigated with Gentian violet to prevent sexually transmitted disease.

That's right, this is the kinda shit we had to shovel into our son's face hole and smear on Mama K's breasticles. Three days of this produced the striking and lasting coloration effect you'll see on the next few days worth of photos. A sampling:




Like my homeboy Paul Harvey would say:
And now you know...the rest of the story.