Doug Shepard
08-22-2006, 2:51 PM
Well I had big plans this last weekend for getting my ClearVue install moved along but just got home from the hospital instead. Thursday evening I noticed some tenderness just above my left ankle and wondered when I might have banged something that caused it to be sore. Friday morning while getting ready for work I notice a couple of areas on the foot that looked a little puffy but no big deal - I thought. By mid morning Friday the foot had swelled noticably. Being a diabetic, feet problems are a mojor concern so I left work early. Called my doc who had already left the office for the day and he suggested I go in to the ER to make sure I didn't have an infection. So I get to the hospital around 1 PM Friday and just got released about an hour ago. I thought I was just going in for a simple test and maybe a shot so drove myself and didn't have anything but the clothes I was wearing. I apparently ended up narrowly missing getting infection into the bone and blood poisoning. They zapped me with pretty massive doses of IV antibiotics every 6 hrs and ran a barrage of tests. All the swelling is gone now and things look pretty much under control. The only fun part of the stay was that one of the nurses took pity on me missing my dog and was able to set up a visit for an hour Sunday which was tres cool. So now I'm off work until I go back to the doc for followup next Mon. or Tues. I should be able to get some DC work done in that time even with the restrictions he put me on, so expect some more DC install questions.
It'll take me some time to get caught up on all the posts I've missed. Sure is good to get back here.
It'll take me some time to get caught up on all the posts I've missed. Sure is good to get back here.