Update on my Leg‏

Yesterday after much prompting from p (two days) I e-mailed Dr. L and said I had been having trouble breathing so had increased my prednisone from 10 mg to 30 a day. I also said that my leg was still bleeding/oozing through the dressing and should I be worried about that. He said the prednisone was what he would do and to run with it. Then he suggested I might want to come in to see the wound nurse. Who would have thought there would be a wound nurse?So we came in this morning. Accidentally slept in til 7 because alarm didn't go off. The nurse's name is Pamela and she was really nice. She has a good poker face too. All she said was something to the effect of "oh my". Dr. L was more dramatic! He said something to the effect of "oh my god!". The frown was somethong to behold. Then he said "and you wanted to wait?"They all agreed except for Pamela that amputation of the leg at the neck was necessary!Pamela said that my leg wasn't healing properly. It was trying to scab over but was necrotizing. She said she would need to remove the black/yellow tissue and would use a silver gel as antimicrobial and to promote healing. She walked p thru the procedure. She also had to use a razor to scrape the top so that the gel could get through. I couldn't feel it which was good. They are also setting me up for home health care which will be good because among other things it means supplies for the dressings are included. They were starting to get pricey. So that is an unexpected benefit. So I will probably see the nurse once a week - hopefully they can come on the weekend - and he/she will change the dressing then and assess. I am supposed to watch for increased pain, fever or red streaks up the leg as that would be a sign of infection. Pamela said it will probably still bleed thru the dressing as they are trying to liquefy the necrotizing tissue. I might notice an odour as well. Hope not. Part of the dressing is a gel/liquid to protect the good dkin on the edges of the wound. She measured it as well. It is 7 across and 4 up/down. Can't remember right now if imperial or metric.Then I talked to Dr. L again to say that i've been getting more headaches. So as I compose this I am sitting in a waiting room waiting to have another CT scan done of my head. Dr. L said there can be delayed bleeding - even though the CT scan done in emerg at the time of the fall was clear. Hopefully it will be clear again. I also asked him if he thought I might have a concussion and he said it is really hard to tell. He also checked my eyes with a light and tested my tracking of a finger ib front of my face. Assume I passed! Didn't confuse left from right at least.So another morning off work. Hoping that HR won't insist on WCB paying for it. I had asked/told my boss that I would use my lieu time and he was fine with that. However I think I need to report to HR that I went in for follow-up just in case. I don't plan on taking any time off other then what I have to for medical follow-up. After this will probably grab lunch at Druxy's before heading up to work.Long days like this r so tiring.Saturday I am scheduled for IV-IVG and the YBR crew are supposed to come for supper except C came home from work sick this morning. I hope he is ok - not just because I want to see them but because it is miserable to be sick. Get better C!