One of the nicest and most competent nurses I’ve had here, Melanie helped me take a real shower, such a delight compared to the sponge baths I’ve been limited to over the past seven weeks.

I was supposed to go home yesterday, but that got canceled since one of my doctors wanted to be absolutely that I didn’t have an infection. Then, they all had a really good look at my foot and got concerned that it looked so terrible (like the whole surface was one big, dark red blister), so I got a new course of antibiotics plus must see a skin specialist today. I now have been told I can go home tomorrow, subject to monitoring by the internist and orthopedic surgeon. The consensus seems to be that this whole disaster was caused by an allergic reaction to the Betadine that was put all over the top of my foot after the surgery on Thursday.

Administrative efficiency, posted earlier.