On May 31, Herman Middleton felt horrible. His right calf was pulsing in pain. He had a fever of 104 — a type of hurt he had never felt before.

Regina Middleton, his wife and registered nurse of 36 years at Our Lady of the Lake, sprung into action. She gave her husband Tylenol to break the fever and took him to urgent care.

His tests for flu and Covid-19 came back negative. They went home, but his fever did not break. The second urgent care the Middletons went to that day told them to go to the emergency room.

"The pain kept increasing rapidly," Herman Middleton said. "I was at a pain level 10. I had never felt that before."

As part of the triage at Our Lady of the Lake, he received a comprehensive metabolic panel, complete blood work, lactic acid and IntelliSep tests. All delivered wi

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