The Current Status of Will's Health

(The following post contains pictures of Will's hairy foot.
If feet are not your thing do not scroll down.)

     Last Saturday or Sunday (we can't exactly recall) Will said that his foot was a little sore.  I took a look and said that it looked like he had a sliver.  Will's sister looked at it and tried to find out if there was a sliver but she saw nothing.  Pretty much we told him to suck it up and carry on.  The next few days he complained that it was getting more sore.  It was more swollen and red so I put some Neosporin on it. On Wednesday afternoon Will decided to go to Instacare.  (I am an awful wife and thought he was over reacting)  The doctor said he thought there was a little sliver in there and he would get it out.  He numbed Will's foot and started digging,  He then proceeds to pull out an inch of wire.  Will is unsure how this got into his foot with out him feeling it.  Needless to say he has a pretty nasty Staph infection after having wire in his foot for four days.  His second toe is swollen like a fat sausage and the top and bottom of his foot is red and swollen.  He can barely walk so he has spent yesterday and today in the recliner with his foot propped up.
     We were planning to head to Monticello today but due to the foot and the weather it was postponed.  Hopefully both will be better in the morning. 

 

     Well since the original post date we have returned to the hospital and have not made it to Monticello.  Last night the foot became more swollen with red streaks in it.  This morning we headed to the hospital.  The doctor ordered an x-ray to see if there might be more metal in there.  Luckily there was not.  The doctor said he was worried about how quickly the infection had spread even though he had been on some pretty strong antibiotics.  A culture was ordered but the doctor said we needed to do something about the infection before the culture results were ready.  Will received IV antibiotic therapy and has to head back for more tomorrow.  Hopefully this IV stuff will get every thing under control.  We are going to have a very calm New Years Eve celebration this year.