okay 10 years ago she got a little sore on her pinky toe on her right foot and it turned to gangrene and she never TOLD me until it was BAD. She was in agonizing pain by the time she finally decided she had to see a Dr. She needed a bypass on her leg and they removed the toe at the same time. I'll never forget the pain that little toe caused her.
Last year she woke up one morning with a blood clot in her left leg and her toes were purple, we went immediately to the ER. She needed a bypass on the left leg, which had some crazy complications, she bled out some 4 units or more, had 14 hours of surgery, some of it while she was awake (Dr. feared her heart couldn't take more anestheia). In the next couple weeks she had follow up visits twice a week since she had 100+ staples in her leg plus a big incision on either side of her stomach with staples. I mentioned her pale purple toes every visit and he kept saying 'lets' wait, toe can be resilient and bounce back'. At one point he even said I was too eager to chop her toes off, lol.
The gangrene in her big toe can be compared to frostbite, it didn't spread but rather separated from the healthy part of the toe slowly over time. The Dr. said it may in fact come off on it's own and he was right.
We cleaned and rebandaged it tonight and it looks fabulous for half a toe, lol. Theres no leaking, pain or smell. There is no exposed bone. It is one of the craziest things I've ever seen.
Sorry it's such a gross topic but I had to tell someone~! I have some spectacular pictures that I'm *not* going to share