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Old 06-06-2021, 09:22 PM   #1
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Cuts on feet at West Haven Beach

My family went swimming at West Haven beach today, well, my 8 year old son and me. the wife and daughter stayed on the beach. After leaving the beach and driving to get some food my son went to get out of the car and said his feet hurt when he tried to walk. Turns out he had a couple of very shallow cuts/scrapes on the bottoms of both feet and did not realize it because he was having so much fun collecting crabs and other sea creatures that were probably abundant because of all the shells and seaweed, etc. around. His feet dried out during the short drive to get some food. Well, we cancelled the food plans and drove straight home to a warm soapy bath followed by scrubbing with antibacterial soap and bandaging with mecurichrome and Neosporin. I've had MANY cuts on the ocean over the years and have never had a problem, but I've also read the stories here and other other websites about ocean bacteria/infections. I have a couple questions that I'm hoping some of you guys might be able to answer. 1) Any word on the water quality at West Haven Beach recently? I checked online and the latest reports I found were from 2017. 2) Even though the cuts/scrapes were shallow I almost took him to the clinic tonight but he did not want to go and he's of course not yet vaccinated for Covid. I will call his pediatrician in the morning, but I wanted to also consult with the folks here on their point of view. Should I be concerned or am I overreacting?

Thanks!
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