A Dose of Good News

I saw Dr. Stephen Myers this moring, a well-respected local orthopaedic surgeon. He took x-rays and examined them and my wound. He said "my gut tells me that this is going to heal just fine." He was looking for a dark spot on the x-ray, which would have indicated staph-infected or dead bone, but there was none of that (thank God). Still, staph is hard to predict, so he wants to watch it closely. I will see him in a week.

Meanwhile, I will continue the daily IV antibiotic infusion therapy, although the ID doctor has decided to extend this to 4-6 weeks. I suppose he might ease that back a little if things look good after another week or two, but that remains to be seen.

Did I just dodge a bullet? Right now it looks, and feels, that way. So thanks, everyone, for your prayers--this good news today certainly is a sigh of relief, and something worth feeling great about!