Great Toes

Today Megan underwent a procedure to remove infection from an in-grown left great toenail.

A great trauma for such a little thing…I’ve lost count of how many times her Great Toes (doc’s term for big toe) have been in-grown and infected, and how many courses of antibiotics have been given for it, in the last year and a half.

We see the doc who saved her foot Dec. 2008 in the ER before we knew about the Leukemia. It was that nasty abscess on her foot…the one that was limb-threatening…and the surgery.

We love Drs. David & Joe DiMenna – the foot docs – for saving Megan’s. Yes, we really do love them. When they found out Meg had Leukemia, they sent a huge basket of goodies to our home. Tell me how many doctors you know who would do that.

They have great magazines in the waiting room – the ones I never spring money for – People, Entertainment Weekly, Martha Stewart Living.

When Dr. Dave broke out the numbing needle, Meg started to tear up and grabbed for my hand as she always does. She said, “I feel like such a baby!” This from a kid who’s had a couple of hundred needle sticks in the last year and a half. Dr. Dave told her, “You’re not a baby. You’re the bravest person I know.”

So this should resolve the toe infection problem…in the left Great Toe,anyway…for now… SMW