Well, we thought he might be having the flu for the past two days because he had ALL the symptoms and it's going around my neighborhood and he did not get a flu shot. So I've been treating the symptoms. Chicken soup, tylenol (his fever two days ago shot up to 102.5 and thankfully it went down).

He rebounded like nobody's business yesterday saying 'I feel great, no more fever and sure enough, his temp was normal and he had a good appetite.

But he's been sleeping quite a bit. I figured 'he has the flu, he's going to sleep it off" No other symptoms by the way, no cough, no sore throat, no diarrhea, no nothing. Just the temp and the feeling of malaise.

Well!!!!! this morning I come back from my errands, he is still asleep (from 1 am.) and it's 11 a.m.

He stirs and I say "how do you feel" He says "I have pain in my foot' I took his temperature and it was 100. I said "how the heck can you have a fever, you were fine yesterday and last night, and eating and you felt fine"

I then said 'your foot??? you haven't been on your feet, how can you have pain in your foot".??

He brings up his foot and he goes "uh oh, look at this'

and there (not on the ulcer, but about an inch to the side), was this HUGE big blood filled blister thing and I said 'oh my god, you didn't know you had this"?

He said "but I thought I had the flu"

So I called the podiatrist and they can only see him tomorrow at 1 p.m. He is taking my appointment.

So (and we did this a long time ago, so this is not his first blood filled blister) but it was years ago that he had anything resembling this, and he did get a new pair of shoes but he had not been going out so he was wearing the OLD orthotic in a pair of orthopedic slips ons (that people wear when they wear a cast). Maybe it caused friction on that part of his foot and caused this blister?????

So I got out my glovers, my first aid kit, I lanced the whole thing and the FLUID that came out was beyond belief, and some pus and blood. the whole thing went down and he immediately said "oh my god, I feel so much better". I had given him two fever reducers a few minutes before and I don't think they work THAT fast. As soon as all the blood and pus and FLUID fell into the bowl I had put under his foot, he said "oh my god, I feel much better".

so I cleaned it all up, no more fluid, or blood (I know what I'm doing, and I've done this before), I bandaged him up, and we'll go to the podiatrist tomorrow.

So here is my question. Do you think he had the flu? or.....do you think he has an infection, that didn't present outwardly but gave him a temperature, he had to sleep, and this morning, the whole thing blister blood pus thing showed up?

I just want to know if he had the flu or not? Same symptoms but then we had this THING show up on his foot.

Thanks to anyone who has a clue. I'll be giving him fluids (as I have for the past two days, and getting this man to drink water is like pulling teeth)

But he's drinking.

Oh, and this is important. When we first thought he had the flu, I checked the color of his urine. Dark dark yellow. I said "aha, you are dehydrated, you have to drink water and pee until it's pale yellow"

so that's how I got him to drink water.

It is now pale yellow.

so any comments are welcome because I'm exhausted.

Thanks much

Melody

Jeepers Melody! I have no idea, but I sure hope somebody does and that he gets better! Sorry.

Sounds pretty terrible to me!

Needs a doctor evaluation ASAP.

Well, as soon as I finished wrapping his foot, he got up, went on the computer and said he felt fine. He has had NO fever since that happened and it's now 6 p.m. and he's hungry and because today is binge diet day, we are having pizza.

Tomorrow, when we come home from his podiatrist, I'll tell you all what he said.

He looked at me and said "thank god I'm married to you"

I said "I've been saying that for 31 years"

lol

Melody

Symptoms of the flu:
http://www.flufacts.com/know/symptom...uFACTS%20Broad

The flu often has sore throat and or/ stomach ache.

The aching muscles are typically felt severely in the back and legs.

An infection in the foot/ or blood/ typically does not have the runny nose/ sore throat/coughing the flu brings. A high fever however, may make a person weak, and sore all over.

Check for Alan's foot: redness spreading up, swelling, throbbing, or red streaks on the lower legs. Redness and/or swelling suggests cellulitis. The red streaks suggest infection getting into the blood stream.

Most blisters have only clear fluid in them. Blood and pus? That is more serious IMO. A blood test for CBC differential would show if this is a serious infection.

People with psoriasis, often show slightly different skin responses to injury. My husband tends to make blisters easily...but they never have blood in them or pus. (only clear fluid).

Alan's foot had NO red streaks, tenderness, hotness, swollen this, or that. He had nothing.

He also since Friday when he began the fever, acted like he was hit with a truck. Just slept all day. And because I had checked his foot the day before and saw NOTHING, well this thing had to have developed after (or it was developing????)

No sore throat, no stomach ache .

I just asked Alan if you had any muscle spasms and he said "Well, right before you lanced my foot, I had a muscle spasm in my calf"

Since then, NO FEVER, HE'S FINE, his urine is clear, no body aches, no headache no nothing.

He just said to me 'I feel perfectly fine".

so we shall be leaving for the podiatrist soon and I'll update later.

thanks VERY much

melody
P.S. I have to add that the blister was not coming out of the foot ulcer area, it was adjacent to it. He had formed a callus around the foot ulcer (he always has this and the doctor debrides it whenever we go) But right NEXT to the ulcer is where this thing was growing. I wonder if it's connected to the foot ulcer. Will update