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When you come in with an infection of the sort I had, the hospital takes a swab of the area to see what kind of bacteria you're harbouring.

I got a call this afternoon from the Diabetic Foot Clinic. The woman asked me, "Are you still taking the antibiotics and having the injection we prescribed?" I replied, "Of course I am. Why do you ask?"

She said, "Oh, the swab turned up a pretty nasty bug and we wanted to make sure you were still on the antibiotics." I enquired, "Which bug was that?" She told me: "Group A strep."

When I hung up, I Googled "group A strep" and came up with some pretty sobering results. This particular bug is a prime cause of necrotising fasciitis, and is also known as "the flesh-eating bug".

So I guess I've had a narrow escape. When I changed the dressing this morning, the toe looked good, wasn't wet or macerated, and had stopped oozing.

Now I don't normally speak lolcat, but I thought this picture might be appropriate.

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