Thursday, September 6, 2007
Thursday
Well, as you know Tuesday Mark had to have the wound on his back side opened up and cleaned out....well they did that and it was so bad that they had to leave it open and put what they call a wound vac. on it. Basically what happens is the wound will heal from the in side out, the vacuum is continuous and keep blood and other fluid from causing more infection. Mark had a pic. line inserted between his shoulder and his neck. He will be on antibiotics for 3 months. This is all to fight the Staph. infection caused by his body rejecting the Titanium hardware that was used to put his pelvis back together. Worst case senerio is that after 3 months they will have to dig out the hardware that has fused to the bone after 3 months. So, of course one or two more complications. We are waiting to see if the approval comes into transfer to TIRR today!!!!!! Today, like every other day...I'm tired, and I have a cold....I guess Mark won't catch it since he's on every antibotic known to man!!!!!!Love to all...Counting my Blessings each and every day! Love, Betty
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Betty I am just so amazed at how you are handling all of this, I know you have your down times too, and thats ok you are only human, and functioning on so little sleep has got to be quite a challenge. I just want to let you know how much I admire your strength and your ability to add humor into these really stressful times. Thanks for keeping us posted on Mark, and we will continue to pray for you both. love and prayers Sallie, Scott & Noah
Betty I'm so sorry to hear you have a cold -- maybe your system is telling you its time to take better care of yourself? I know you have had to put yourself on the "back burner" these last 2 months -- hopefully now that Mark is on his way back to the rehab you can take more breaks from the hospital and get some rest! Being the caregiver 24/7 is hard work. Hope you get to feeling better soon. Thanks for keeping us updated. Three months of antibiotics--Wow! Please tell Mark to hang in there and that we are all checking on him daily.
Love,
Cousin Janet
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