Cellulitis

Never heard of this weird skin infection before. My poor husband came home from work on Friday not feeling well. At first we thougth he had food poisoning or the flu. He started with a really high fever. He got really cold, when it was 90 degrees outside, and started shaking uncontrollably. He changed into some sweat pants and a hoody, got in bed and covered himself up all the way and still he couldn't stop shivering. Then came the vomiting, after which he thought he felt a little better and was able to get some sleep. I woke up in the middle of the night scared because the bed was shaking! It was him again. He spent almost all night in the bathtub filled with hot water, because he was so cold. In the morning I checked his temperature and it read 106! I think my thermometer is broken or something because that is just ridiculous! So we called the Doctor and told him his symptoms and he had us go into the ER at LDS Hospital where we spent about 4 hrs waiting for lab results and getting him rehydrated through and IV only to have them diagnose an "FUO" or Fever of Unknown Origin. So we came home the same way he had left. The fever continued all day and night. This time during the night he was sweating so much that he had to get up several times to change his clothes that were soaking wet. He also had developed a red, blotchy spot on his leg that was very sensitive to the touch. So the next morning (Sunday) we headed out to the hospital again. They checked his leg and almost instantly diagnosed him with "cellulitis" which has got nothing to do with cellulite. It's just an infection of the skin. But just in case, they did all sorts of tests on him. Had an ultrasound on his leg to check for blood clogs and a X-Ray of his chest to check for pneumonia, which came back positive, for some reason. It was only a mild stage of pneumonia. So they put him on antibiotics and had him come back the next morning and then the next. He has been home all week because he needs to keep his leg elevated above his heart to help his circulation fight the infection better. He is now feeling a lot better and the poor thing had to miss out on this fishing trip him and his brothers make every year during memorial's day weekend. He was very bummed about that. But we are happy he is doing better. The Doctor said it could take at least a week for the infection to clear, but sometimes a lot longer so we'll see.