Got up this morning and found Cowboy in the floor by his bed. He had gotten up to use the bathroom and fell and could not get up. I asked him how long he had been there and he said "a while". He had urinated on himself and on the carpet. I called a neighbor because I could not get him up. Unfortunately, I woke my neighbor up. It was only 7AM. Bless all the wonderful people around here.
He got back into bed but then decided he needed to go again. He wasn't able to hold it til he got to the bathroom. I got him cleaned up and he went back to bed again.. I got an appointment with the Dr. and let him sleep til 9:30 in order to get ready for a 10:40 appointment.
The doctor extracted quite a bit of pus and blood from his knee this morning and gave us a prescription for an antibiotic. He said if he developed a fever to take him to the hospital.
He got up from his chair about mid-day and went to the bathroom although it took everything he had to get up and get there.
This afternoon he slept a lot and about 5:30 or so I tried to wake him to discuss dinner. He was quite groggy and weak. I took his temperature and it was 100.6. Following the doctors instructions I prepared to take him to the hospital. He could not get out of the chair. He was too weak. I called 911. Bless our wonderful firemen and EMS folks. They are so good with him. It took three of them to get him on the gurney.
We spent until 10:30 at the hospital. They did another X-Ray, blood work, etc. Everything looked OK so the ER Doc called an orthopedist. It was concluded that he has infected bursa and the solution is to wrap the knee to keep the swelling down and antibiotics. He had a big dose of antibiotics intravenously and they sent us home with a prescription to fill tomorrow, with his knee wrapped.
A neighbor loaned us a walker. I had suggested that to him a few days ago and he said "no". But I brought it home and told him it was just until his knee was better and he agreed to try it. It did help getting him into the house when we returned tonight.
We didn't have dinner but Cowboy's blood sugar is very high due to the infection. When we got home I made him our special shake that he likes and he is now in bed. It is almost midnight. I am headed there myself.
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