For a while now Jeremy has been dealing with a sore on his big toe.  Off and on it's become infected and he's gone to the local clinic for antibiotics. This last time he went he didn't see the same doctor he had been and she sent him to a podiatrist who specializes in wound care.  Dr Brueggeman said that Jeremy should have seen him when he first got the blister.  Anyway, now that we've seen Dr. Brueggeman a few times Jeremy's toe is almost healed.  The first time we saw Dr Brueggeman he reviewed the x-ray that was taken at the local hospital.  He was looking for osteomyelitis, an infection in the bone.  He said there was an area of the toe that looked like it might be infected but the labs came back showing no infection in the bone.  This next Monday when Jeremy goes back he'll have another x-ray taken to compare to the one previous one.  If it looks worse, Jeremy will have an MRI done to determine exactly where the infection is. On the original visit, Dr Brueggeman prepared us for the fact that if there is an infection the infected bone will have to be removed.  He could do iv antibiotics but that wouldn't completely get rid of the infection and the antibiotics they'd have to give would be hard on the kidneys and because of the diabetes, Jeremy already has bad kidneys.  

We've already had some say "How could you let a blister get infected? Don't you know that's not good when you're a diabetic?" 

The answer to that is: We DIDN'T LET it get infected. We did everything we could to prevent an infection.  Yes, it's not good to have an infection when you're a diabetic. Diabetics are prone to more infections because of they don't heal as quickly.  WE ARE AWARE OF THIS, you don't need to preach it to us. We live with it everyday. 

In other news, it's been snowing since two Mondays ago and hasn't stopped.  It's supposed to be warmer this weekend and freezing rain.