I am at 5 weeks post-op, since the hardware removal surgery. The incision has not healed as I had hoped. It has continued to drain liquid, has been more swollen than usual and is not totally closed yet. I met with the St. Louis orthopod this morning and he didn't think there was an infection, but my feeling is that I'm at the early stages of one. We started antibiotics today just to be on the safe side. The incision looks very similar to last spring, when we kept waiting & waiting for it to heal and it never did. Pray that the drainage will stop and that the wound will close naturally. I am not up for more skin grafting.
The blood work for the possible wheat allergy came back okay. We didn't test for gluten, so that may happen yet. The "skin issue" progressed to my hands this week, causing the skin on all my fingers to crack & be painful. I have never had issues with skin like I have in the past 6-8 weeks. I've been really discouraged about it this week, as it seems to be going on and on, with no end in sight. I feel like we've tried everything with little success. We are trying several steroid creams, but I really need closure on this. The itchiness continues to be significant. The dermatologist thinks that it is related to the foot and it is the bodies way of dealing with the stress of it all.
We are headed to the Eickhorst farm in Illinois tomorrow to celebrate Christmas. Pray for a good weekend of family time together, calm skin, and that the antibiotic will prevent any possible infection from starting in the foot.
Love & hugs,
je
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