Mick - OSS

So its out there… About 3 weeks ago I hurt my leg! Well not that i did anything to my leg it just kinda did itself! I am not quite sure how it happened but some how it ended up infected… I first thought it was a small pulled calf muscle and so iced it and rested it over the weekend and then went to work on Monday on the train and gradually it swelled up over the course of the day until it was very tight against the Jeans (roughly doubled from its normal size). I got back to Bendigo and after some persuading from family members and by fellow NCYC and CTM staff went up to the Bendigo Emergency department to have it looked at.

Was quickly ushered into the emergency ward by staff and was very quickly seen to by some lovely nurses (hope my girlfriend isn’t reading this). After half an hour of some worried looks from doctors and parents a Surgeon came in and gave me a local anesthetic which was meant to relieve the pain… apparently this doesn’t work when you have an infection… they only told me this while the surgeon was cutting my leg and then sticking his finger in my leg to help drain the fluid. So following that there were some lovely teeth marks implanted into the safety bars on the hospital bed.

Following having my leg cut up I was then kept in observation for two nights… and since then have had nurses visiting my house 2 a day, then once a day then twice a week.

The hole in my leg was originally 5-6 cm deep and the size of a 10 cent coin. It is now healing very well and down to about 1cm deep and the size of a 7.5 cent coin (if Australia had one)

The picture below is quite graphic and is of the hole! Those who don’t like gross stuff don’t look!!

(Hope your happy now Russell!!)