Poor Tookie.
By Tuesday morning, less then 20 hours after the injury an infection had started. The doctors gave her antibiotics Monday, but basically ineffective. So she followed up at her local health care center and they cleaned it all out, removed the stitches re-dressed and a different type of antibiotic. That was Tuesday.
Puncture wounds on feet can get easily infected because of materials, like bits of her rubber boot and what ever was on the pitch fork being thrusted into the wound. I did a little research and found out that a foot puncture wound should be seen within 24 hours by a foot surgeon/ would specialist because the high rate of infections. So on Wednesday she was able to get an appointment right away with Seacoast Foot Surgery in Portsmouth. Yea.
They put her on an IV for antibiotics, took culture samples and blood samples. She goes back today for more IV treatments today and tomorrow. If that route fails to show progress, Tookie gets hospitalized.
She is pretty bummed out at this point and I think the lesson of safety in the barn really hit home yesterday. NO barn chores for at least a month and week of missing classes. She seems fully humbled by this now and I am hoping that she changes a bit of her antics in the barn.
You can tell them to be careful until you are blue in the face, but sometimes they only learn by making the mistake. I just hope she is able to keep her toe.
