My husband is in the hospital. Saturday he stepped on a nail when he was up in the Thumb area. The nail went through his shoe, sock and into his foot- the head of the nail end.
He is diabetic, and has had MRSA- and his doctor did not give him any antibiotics on Monday. He even asked for them, and the doc said "oh you wont need them". Well, yesterday, he was limping even worse so I told him to let me see his foot. WHen he took off his shoe and sock, his foot looked like an elephants, even all his toes were swelled up huge. And his ankle. And his foot was red. I told him we have to go to the ER before you lose your foot.
One of the nurses thought he broke something because of the swelling. When they xrayed it, no breaks but there is quite a bit of debris in there next to the bone. Probably part of his sock and shoe sole and paint from the nail. And it is swelled from infection. They want to keep him on IV antibiotics.
I am going to head up there in a little bit and see him and take him a change of clothes.
Looks like it may rain out there. We could use some rain..but not just a humidty-increasing drizzle.