August 12 Mile 1456

Got up this morning and my ankle was even more swollen and painful. Taking a step to use the church restroom was incredibly painful. We had decided we would stay in Kent till Saturday- about 3 days- to see how I am improving. It worked out well with Tunes and Toosie Pop's schedule, as it will be her birthday tomorrow and they planned on a couple day break.
Cisco and I decided to stay at Cooper Creek B&B a few miles up the road. Told us we could bring food for dinner. Chance to take a shower and sleep in a clean bed, maybe that will help in my recovery. Went up to the B&B about 3 PM and showered and napped. I was feeling a little poorly, as my ankle and foot were still swelling and taking a step was near impossible. Ate dinner around 7 and decided I was not improving or staying the same. So called my doc back and she said, "go to the emergency room now!" The B&B owner was kind enough to drive us down to the New Milford Hospital about 20 miles south.
While waiting in the ER a woman with two small children looks down at my swollen red foot and says, "do you watch the TV show 'Monster inside Me' before I could answer she says, "you have some bugs inside your foot" and her children chime in, "yeah, bugs, and they come out thru the skin like on the show" . She wouldn't stop talking about bugs inside me and she was a very normal looking person. Luckily she left.
Got to see a doc pretty quickly, not like an Atlanta ER, and the doc was stunned at the swollen ankle and foot. He couldn't believe I had hiked 15 miles on it the day before and told me this was pretty serious and would require X-rays and blood tests. A very nice surgeon was called and he said they may have to operate due to the nature and spread of the infection. Could be in the bone, could be in the blood. So, what I thought was a simple bug bite, now becomes this limb or life threatening infection. Didn't expect this.
Foot and ankle really hurting at this point, admitted to a room and get IV antibiotics.
But really thankful I am getting serious medical treatment.
Will see what happens tomorrow.