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Distant Dactyl
Osteomyelitis- inflammation of bone or bone marrow, usually due to infection. Otherwise known as "Bone Infection". The doctor delivered the diagnosis in somber tones.
"Regrettably, the only course of action, due to the advanced stage and and level of progression of infection, is going to require amputation of great toe," he stated, almost apologetically.
Sitting alone in the Emergency Room as the Covid restrictions strictly enforced, I immediately burst into tears. I attempted to calm myself, before picking up my phone and texting my husband and mother. Both responded with immediate concern and additional questions. My husband was focused more on my emotional state of mind, knowing this was possibly the straw that would crush the camel's back.
This was exactly what I had feared since the
wound had mysteriously appeared on the underside my big toe in July. The infection had progressed rapidly, now in the beginning of September, and requiring immediate amputation to save the rest my foot. Type 1 diabetic for 34 years, this was one of the consequences I had always been...
"Regrettably, the only course of action, due to the advanced stage and and level of progression of infection, is going to require amputation of great toe," he stated, almost apologetically.
Sitting alone in the Emergency Room as the Covid restrictions strictly enforced, I immediately burst into tears. I attempted to calm myself, before picking up my phone and texting my husband and mother. Both responded with immediate concern and additional questions. My husband was focused more on my emotional state of mind, knowing this was possibly the straw that would crush the camel's back.
This was exactly what I had feared since the
wound had mysteriously appeared on the underside my big toe in July. The infection had progressed rapidly, now in the beginning of September, and requiring immediate amputation to save the rest my foot. Type 1 diabetic for 34 years, this was one of the consequences I had always been...
