ShipMaven
Forever Remembered
My heartfelt thanks to all for your concern. I've been home for about an hour with the proviso that I DO NOT sit at the computer working from morning to night and that I keep my leg extended for the next 10 days. Home Health will visit me daily (I did not want to go to a rehab facility and be away from Pucci and the office).
Needless to say, it was/is a heartbreak not to be with the Duckies on the Bermuda cruise that had been planned for so long.
May 18th, I gashed my left leg and ended up in the ER. There was barely any skin left to cover the large open wound but they put in two sutures. I dressed the wound daily. Thursday, May 26th, the wound did not look good and my leg was red and hot. That afternoon, when my doctor saw the wound and I looked at it, he didn't even have to say a word - I knew what was coming. I immediately contacted HAL and Judi - BLESS THEM - and the Duck Crew gathered in New York one by one while I ended up in the hospital. Strict orders were for total bed rest - I was permitted to get up to go to the loo, then back to bed. Tests were made and cultures taken, and I was hooked up for IV infusions. The wound infection turned out to be E-Coli! I never knew E-Coli could be found in a wound, but it can. It's not merely the digestive variety. The doctors and nurses at the hospital said it's found everywhere.
At any rate, the massive doses of high-powered antibiotics helped. The wound will take months to heal, my July cruise is also cancelled, but the important thing now is for me to follow instructions and not sit at the computer. I'm powering up my laptop and will do most of my work from there for awhile.
Again, thank you for your concern. :thankyou:
Needless to say, it was/is a heartbreak not to be with the Duckies on the Bermuda cruise that had been planned for so long.
May 18th, I gashed my left leg and ended up in the ER. There was barely any skin left to cover the large open wound but they put in two sutures. I dressed the wound daily. Thursday, May 26th, the wound did not look good and my leg was red and hot. That afternoon, when my doctor saw the wound and I looked at it, he didn't even have to say a word - I knew what was coming. I immediately contacted HAL and Judi - BLESS THEM - and the Duck Crew gathered in New York one by one while I ended up in the hospital. Strict orders were for total bed rest - I was permitted to get up to go to the loo, then back to bed. Tests were made and cultures taken, and I was hooked up for IV infusions. The wound infection turned out to be E-Coli! I never knew E-Coli could be found in a wound, but it can. It's not merely the digestive variety. The doctors and nurses at the hospital said it's found everywhere.
At any rate, the massive doses of high-powered antibiotics helped. The wound will take months to heal, my July cruise is also cancelled, but the important thing now is for me to follow instructions and not sit at the computer. I'm powering up my laptop and will do most of my work from there for awhile.
Again, thank you for your concern. :thankyou:
Glad that Home Health will come to your home. Rest up. Big Guy sends his meows.
..indeed..
