About a month ago in the middle of the night, I stepped down hard on a cat toy (a tract ball with the cardboard insert missing) It was a hard step, and when I stepped off of it, I felt nauseated (which was wierd). The foot wouldn’t heal and I tried all types of drawing ointments and epsom salt soaks hoping to draw whatever was left in my foot out. Didn’t work. Mike dug on it a few times, and I tried digging on it and still it was painful. Last Sunday afternoon I had enough of the pain and went into the ER.

They did two ultrasounds. The first one the tech swore there was a piece of something in my foot 10 mm long and quite narrow. The doctor got ticked off because no one marked on my foot where the item was so I was sent back for a second ultra-sound. They couldn’t find the item then! Back I go to the ER room and the doctor decides to numb my foot OMG the pain was so intense on that shot! I had my hand in my mouth while I was screaming.

The doctor treated it as an abscess and drained just a bit out of it and I was sent home. I fell asleep exhausted on the couch. It was 8:00 p.m. when I got home.

I woke up at 3:00 a.m. screaming- rocking back and forth in pain, my foot was on fire. I am not a wimp to pain. I generally have a high tolerance, but this was excruciating. Mike panicked and ran me back to the ER where I was told I could pay for a CAT scan or an MRI- no way (no insurance). So they told me they would numb my foot again and dig some more. I told the doctor in no uncertain terms that if he put that shot back in my foot, I would kick all his teeth out. I was serious. So they decided to do it while I was sedated and they started an IV and knocked me out. I don’t remember much after that but Mike said even under sedation when they went to shoot my foot- they had to call another doctor in to hold my foot down because I was trying to kick the doctor in the face.

They didn’t find any object, they drained it a bit and it hurts like the dickens. They said I either punctured a nerve when I stepped on the toy or a bacterial infection entered my foot from the toy. The doctor thinks I have pasteurella or bordatella but I don’t have any of the symptoms- just major pain. The only time this feels better is when I am soaking the foot in warm water and GSE.

Hopefully, the pain will vanish soon and I can get back to my life. Right now MIke (who also can’t walk very well) has to do everything around here. The pain just needs prayer so it will go away and life can continue as normal. Though around here normal has its moments! The cats know I am doing poorly and are clustered all over me day and night. As long as they don’t step on my foot we are good.