She's Back!
Man, what a roller coaster ride 2023 has been. It all started in May and continues into the next year. When last we checked in with our heroine, she was having a tough time and had gone back into the hospital, leaving us to wonder if she would come back out. She did! After spending the entirety of the day after Thanksgiving in the Emergency Room, Mom was admitted to the hospital with a severe infection. Her white cell counts were sky high (97 when they should have been around 5) and she had cellulitis in her left foot. The index toe next to the big toe that had been amputated looked swollen, red and angry. There was little blood flow and after two days of intense IV antibiotics, the vascular surgeon thought amputating that second toe was the way to go, provided he could restore blood flow to her foot sufficient enough to heal the wound. The antibiotics were VERY strong, and yet the white blood cell count was reducing very slowly. Keeping ...