8/28 Day 9 - A set back

8/28/13 <<DAY 9>>
So not only was last night excruciating but this morning was just as bad. I slept pretty good through the night. The last pain med I took was the extra strength one. This morning I had the Dr appmnt & to get up to get ready was just as painful. I could tell last night when I was taking a bath something didn't feel right. Getting ready & in the car was a fiasco but all worth it when I was finally sitting in the room. I knew they'd take x-rays today too.
When the MA asked how I was I told her I was in a lot of pain. When she was half way taking the dressing off my foot it started feeling SO good! It's exactly what I wanted..to have my foot feel free! It looked, on the other hand, like a Frankenfoot. I figured it would be swollen but it was also red on the side, kind of in between both incisions. I was happy. :)  ...just in pain.

When the doctor came in he asked how I was. When I said I was hurting, he took a look at the x-rays & my foot & was a little taken back by how red it was. It should be swollen, that's normal but the fact that it was red, he said, meant I had an infection. I told him how sick & how much pain I was in the day prior & now knowing it was an infection made sense. So short story, he gave me another antibiotic to take in addition to the one I'm already taking. Told me to call him Saturday because if I don't feeling better by then I'm going to have to go in & get antibiotics through an IV. I'm hoping I feel better by tomorrow.
With the extra strength meds & both antibiotics the pain subsided late in the afternoon. It's been a long day & happy to see my foot & feel it be free but I am worried about this infection. I still don't get why or how I got an infection.
Anyways, I'll add some more pics, shower & get to bed. I can't wait to wake up pain free :)