08.27.2010 Friday The piggy goes and A Cat Comes Back

REALLY the surgery day. On the schedule for 2:00 so they even let him have breakfast, but of course, brought a non-diabetic one so his glucose is just about off the chart. Kristen, Kelly and Holly wanted to be there during the procedure so we marched off to the waiting room while Den went to happy-anethesia-land. Kelly worked during that time on a log of the hospital missteps that had occured over the last week. (This is important because that was also the end of the Dell laptop. D.O.A in the waiting room) Dr came to fill us in about 2 hours later saying that Den wasn't "out of the woods yet" but we had definitely gone in the right direction. The procedure was more extensive than planned. The entire metatarsal was involved so it was removed. Wound is left open to facilitate drainage. Dennis came through well and was not in much pain thanks, in part, to the neoropathy in his feet from diabetes. Spent a quiet evening with him. I'm exhausted. No mention of a release date. We found out the infection was not MRSA as was previously suspected by a measly little strep. Lots of damage from such a whimpy bacteria. Kristen's last day at Macy's was marked by the embracing of a skinny gray tiger kitten that is living at the dumpster. Joe raised great alarm at the idea of litter box bacteria and feline leukemia. So, Toe Jam (TJ) is living in the garage or outside. Kristen wants to find him a home and is already working on a Facebook post. We're certain that TJ has fleas and is definitely hungry. It's really good that there is another focus besides illness. Dennis really wants Kristen to have the kitten. He is not concerned with the issues raised by Joe. Interesting that the microbiologist is not afraid of microbes!