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Originally Posted by St George 2013
My brother is going through pretty much the same as you are. He's getting ready to have the toe next to his big one removed but I can't remember which foot at the moment.
Because he can't feel his feet and had no idea it had been injured, it wasn't until the inside wound burst open that they knew he had a problem. ER and immediately into the hospital and surgery. He was able to come home with home care doing his IV meds everyday. He had a port or some type of line so they didn't have to run a needle everyday. It took forever for it to heal and the dr wasn't so sure all the bone infection was gone.
Fast forward approx. 2 years and he's getting ready for surgery. He's the type that suffers in silence so we never really know what's going on with him.
I'm so sorry that you are having to deal with this but hopefully this will allow your foot to heal completely.
Sorry for sidetracking the thread.
Take care.
Debi from Georgia
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Hi St George, thankyou. Its the same toe for me, the second toe. I was going to get 6 weeks of IV antibiotics also, through a PICC line which is the name of the port you are talking about. I was already taking oral antibiotics for 5 weeks, but it took a turn for the worse before the PICC line was put in so it had to come off.
I hope your brothers surgery is successful and that he heals quickly and completely.