Thankfully, Sis called.
Last Sunday (13th) Jen went to Urgent Care because her ingrown toenail was badly infected and painful. Jen isn't a wuss, but she does know her body, so it was bad for her to even go in the first place.
UC told her it wasn't infected, call a podiatrist, and sent her home. Not even a quick blood draw to check for oh, I dunno, maybe an increased white cell count?
Tuesday,(15th) the podiatrist did the surgery so that the toenail won't grown back and become ingrown again. Said it was the worst he'd ever seen, but again, no antibiotics.
Thursday morning (17th) she went to the ER in severe pain. Again, no blood work, but they put her on a morphine drip and sent her home later. She was NOT given antibiotics. Friday evening, Sis took her to the ER again and they admitted her. This time she got IV antibiotics and pain meds. And, they released her Saturday evening so she wouldn't be exposed to the superbugs in the hospital.
She saw a DIFFERENT podiatrist on Wed who immediately scheduled her for surgery today. Last night Sis took her to the ER out of town since she was so lethargic. Spectrum couldn't do the surgery today, so she was taken to the Surgery Center for the 1PM surgery. The entire toenail needed to be removed, the area debreeded and then inserted two drain tubes into the foot to help drain the infection. He did send her home, agreeing with the first hospital that she is too fragile to be IN the hospital.
She is on TWO antibiotics and pain meds as well. Sis will not be coming home for several days at least, until Jen is back on her feet and able to function.
Thank you all for the prayers. She's not out of the woods yet, so please keep them going.
A house without fur is not a home.
Glenda
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