Sept 2-8, 2009

KD went to therapy twice this week. She complained it was painful and she was still unable to bear any weight. She continued to use her crutches and was having pain throughout the day that we were trying to treat with ibuprofen. On the 4th she wasn't feeling well at all during the day and ran a low grade fever through the night. The next day she was feeling better - no more fever - and went to run around with some friends. That night - things shifted. Looking back I know this is when the infection really took hold of her foot. She was in pretty severe pain in her heel and around her ankle (which was swollen). She used the volteran gel and had an allergic reaction. I was scared by this and "googled" again- and found all kinds of scary skin reactions for NSAIDS. So I stared at her foot for about 2 hours waiting for the skin to start peeling off ;-0. Thankfully, that didn't happen, the benadryl did its job and the hives disappeared. But the pain did not. I had given her ibuprofen, that didn't work so I went to the convenience store and got Tylenol- also didn't work. Finally, I had her dip her foot in ice/water for 30 seconds and then hot water for 30 seconds. This seemed to relieve the pain some and she finally slept. This level of pain continued for the next couple of days. I googled fiercely and was finding testimony of plantar fasciitis being extremely painful. So we continued, ibuprofen, tylenol, ice, heat - and tears...