Ole Sore Toe, once again.

On Wednesday of last week, my toe, (the infected one from January) began to itch like crazy. By Friday it was blistered up to the point of worry. I called the specialist that I had seen in January and couldn't get in to see him until Monday. I went to Church, Sunday, in a walking boot, (cast) and by the time that I got home the Toe had swollen to nearly twice its normal size.

Deb called the Specialists answering service and explained what she was seeing. He instructed her to get me to the hospital and be prepared to stay. Well, stay I did. I was hospitalized from Sunday until Tuesday afternoon. On Monday, they took me in for surgery where they broke and scrapped the blisters and removed the Big Toe nail. Then they removed tissue from the nail bed so that they could run cultures on them.

Needless to say, my waking hours have not been very pleasant and my need for pain medication has made me reluctant to write anything of late. The last time I dealt with this the overall diagnosis was Cellulitus. That seems to be out the window now and I honestly do not think they have a clue as to what they are dealing with. All I know is that they kept calling other doctors to come in and look at my toe and the word that kept resurfacing was, "Impressive!" To which I replied, "Thank you! I'll be here all week!"

Anyway, those of you that pray, please do so for me. Those of you that don't, START!