Bi And Large

Mom is back home today! In time for Christmas!

I can't remember what all I said in the last post, but the infection was very very bad. We were concerned at first that she would lose her life and then, oce she was stabilized, it looked for a long time like she might lose that leg. Which would suck anyway but would especially suck SO BADLY after working so hard for the past 3 - 4 month to reconstruct it. The original incision, on the bottom of the ball of her foot, was weeping and swollen and it extended all the way up past her knee. That's so not good.

Anyway they got her on some pretty powerful IV antibiotics and just cranked them up and then shot her full of diloted (mom was happy) for several days until she turned the corner. Now she is back home on oral antibiotics for a while. She is very very weak, but she is alive, and once again she has amazed everyone and kept her leg and foot! For someone who has lived with diabetes more than 50 years and all that she has gone through that is truly amazing. Dad has been home from work taking care of her, a shock in itself. And while she was in the hospital, Kysa was sleeping there with her every night and bringing dad lunch every day on her work break from the city, it sounds like. I'm so thankful she was there to help and support them, although I am also so sad I couldn't be. She pulled through like a champion.

So yay for all of that, and we're just taking it day by day at this point. Thank you for all the prayers and good wishes. I know they helped!