I am finally home from the hospital! How ironic that I just went to the ER to get a new splint on my foot since the other one seemed to be causing a strong allergic reaction, and I ended up being admitted for four days! I have a heavy course of antibiotics to take, a follow-up visit on Sunday evening with three doctors, and then I guess more time for everything to heal. The dermatologist said it is a form of contact dermatitis caused by the Betadine they put on my foot after the minor surgery on Thursday. Not as serious as everybody had first thought (including making me have a CT scan), but serious enough to make my foot look like one giant red blister. He said it should heal quickly. I hope he’s right, although I still cannot walk on that foot and not sure when that is going to change.

It's funny, because staying in the hospital is never fun, but I was almost sad to leave because I'll miss all the friendly staff I met over these past days. I'm pretty isolated at home, where I work, so rarely see any people, but at the hospital they were everywhere all the time, whether I wanted to see them or not ;-).

The bouquet was from a Saudi man who Tim works with, and the single rose was from one of my nurses. A surgical patient had given her a lot of them, and she wanted me to have one.

“Dr. Jorge” and me, posted earlier.