Walking wounded

I scratched an itch and now I'm missing a patch of skin on the top of my foot. The patch is about the size of a quarter and it's smack in the middle where the shoe hits when you walk. I have no idea what happened, whether something bit me or I had a reaction to something.

It itched. I scratched. The skin came off. It looks very much like a very, very nasty blister popped.

I've doused the area in Neosporin and taped some gauze over it. I'm wearing my old, worn out shoes because they're not as tight and don't quite cripple me when I walk. Needless to say, I have a funny limp right now.

Update: Here's what my little wound looks like this evening. It's two days old now.



I'm letting it air until I go to bed. Then it will be more Neosporin and another bandage.

Yech! I have dirty feet.