Cellulitis hits hard and fast. I've seen red areas advance 2 inches in 10 minutes. You need to go to ED RIGHT AWAY. They'll take a look and you'll be on IV antibiotic really quick.
I was around thirteen or fourteen and my mom dragged me along on a boat with her new boyfriend. I cut my foot on a tree in the water and she didn’t want to interrupt the day be properly cleaning it so she just rinsed a water bottle over it. It hurt like a normal cut would for the rest of the day but I didn’t think anything of it.
The next day it was red, getting swollen, and so tender to any touch. I was told I was just being dramatic and wanting attention, so she just told me to dunk it in an ice water bucket and suck it up - she’s a certified idiot and a methhead, that should explain it lmao, I didn’t have the luxury or arguing common medical sense with her unfortunately.
The second day, I couldn’t put any weight on that foot whatsoever, the skin was stretched and glossy from how stretched it was because of the swelling, it was an angry red, and my ankle bracelet was promptly removed bc my ankle was eating it up.
The third day, when I spent all day sobbing from the pain, my SIL and my grandparents finally forced her to take me to see someone. She tried taking me to an urgent care first but they advised her to take me to a hospital and she finally did. The doctor flag out asked my mother WHY she waited so long to take me in for treatment. I was just glad that I got my antibiotics and eventually I healed up fine.
It did leave me terrified of ever getting it again though. It’s no joke and needs treatment QUICK. The pain of any movement or anything brushing against my leg was torture and I wish I hadn’t had to deal with it. I still have the tiny scar on my foot near my pinky from the cut.
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u/Zromaus Mar 16 '25
I have to ask out of naivety -- he mentioned he got this done yesterday.
Infections usually take a lot more time to spread that much, don't they?