Thursday, 27 March

So got up through out the night in a lot of pain - ended up sleeping on the couch for a bit and waiting until morning to go to the hospital. I got Olivia up and got her changed, cleaned up and dressed - it was tough but was able to do that. Then headed over to Day Care, dropped her off and then right to the hospital. I got checked in at 6:00 am and I was there till about noon. After triage checked me in, I was brought into a room where they took blood, ran some tests, gave me an IV of antibiotics, removed some of the infection in my one leg, then the worst thing - I got a 1 inch needle stuck in my leg without any numbing medication. Not only was the needle stuck in my knee but the doctor had to poke around releasing the pus pockets then he stuck the needle in the joint of my knee and removed joint fluid. It was really painful but I got through it. They had to test that, in the meantime my knee was getting bigger so they then had to cut it open to release some of the pressure (fluids and pus). It was really gross, and I'm not kidding when they filled up what looked to be a small drinking glass of the infection. After that, my leg felt a lot better, I was able to at least bend my knee and the pressure wasnt' there. They prescribed painkillers and strong antibiotics. I was able to leave after that, so headed to the pharmacy got my meds then went home. I felt pretty good (the vicodin kicked in) so I washed/bleeched the sheets, the towels, I rewashed all of the dishes/glasses (dishwasher), cleaned the bathroom with disinfectant and sprayed down the bedrooms with disinfectant. After that I showered with the prescribed antibacterial wash and then took my meds. Almost immediately afterwards, I got nauseous and got sick in the sink. I had to leave to go get Olivia so suffered through the drive and picked her up. At this point, my leg started swelling again (more vicodin) - but I wanted to wait to take any painkillers until Kurt got home. So Olivia and I went downstairs and played, watched a movie and I fed her until Kurt got home. He worked on the breakfast bar, it's almost done and it looks great. So leg started hurting again but elevating it seemed to help. I took my meds again before bed, felt sick again but not as bad and went to sleep. I slept actually really good - I put a pillow between my knees and I slept fine. By morning I was even able to put pressure on my knee without hurting. Hopefully by tomorrow I will be painfree.