Toe saga

...i'm pleased to report is nearing a conclusion.
we made our final visit to the doctor last saturday. i had started off visiting every second day to have the carnage inspected and the dressing re-applied. the first of these visits was the worst as the dressing had fused to the flesh underneath. it's removal required distraction and yanking! unfortunately i've either seen too many doctors or am just wise to their tactics but when a doctor starts asking you questions about something that has nothing to do with your medical predicament, eg. 'do you play guitar', no? 'do you sing?' no? RRRIIIIIIPPP.... well i can make you yell! it's an attempt at distraction while they do painful things to you. having the catheter yanked out of me following percy's birth at the count of 'two', rather than at 'three', as i might have been expecting when i was told to count to three is another case in point.
thankfully subsequent visits saw the dressing fuse less and less to the toe. on the down side my body was not fighting off the infection like we hoped it would. i went a week and then agreed to take antibiotics. i was hoping to avoid this as antibiotics do transfer thru breast milk to babies. i really, really don't want to start percy on formula or solids for that matter. (topic for another day)
we agreed on an antibiotic that is a low dosage and does not have any contraindications for breastfed babies. i took a course for one week with good results. percy seemed fine and the infection healed very quickly.
the visits were then dropped to every three days where the doctor was barely in the room while the nurse changed the dressing. still cost $120US every visit!
on saturday the pronouncement was all is okay, leave this dressing on until tuesday and then you're laughing. the dressing fell off on monday. when going out i'm putting a simple bandaid over the bit where the nail should be.
i'm mobile again and not showering with a plastic bag tied tightly over my foot. it really does lift your spirits. and believe me- they need lifting here. got you interested for the next entry now, huh?
well, it's time for percy to wake and feed so you'll have to hang on.