Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Here we go again???

Hello friends. We have had an interesting 3-4 weeks. Most of you know the jist of all that has happened, but I will still give a quick overview. It all started with Jeff noticing a pimple on his left knee. 4 days later he could barely walk, had basically no range of motion in his left leg, and was in enough pain to ask to go to urgent care. 2 days later we were at Baptist ER having fluid removed from his knee joint for testing, then home with new antibiotic plan. 3 days later we were at Baptist again being re-evlaluated. 5 hours later Jeff was in surgery having his knee cleaned out of infection. 5 days later we returned home but this time with a much more extensive plan of care. He has been getting iv antibiotics at home through what is called a picc line, for the past 2 weeks. His stitiches were removed yesterday and there is still a small wound that we are treating but the leg looks good. He drove to work yesterday and today which was great for all of us. He starts physical therapy next week to try to regain the muscle strength in his leg that he has loss from imobility. It has been a tough road for him considering he has never really been sick or needed medical intervention before. However, he has taken it in strides and continued to do as much as he can.
Well today has brought question. Last night, we were having one of those meetings where you discuss the business of marriage and life: finances, upcoming holidays, decisions that have to be made concerning our spartanburg house, etc. He was really stressed and had a hard time resting. He also was suffering with neck and back pain, which I thought was odd. It was a rough night but he was okay this morning and went to work like normal. He calls me around lunch to ask if the strong antibiotic he has been getting may be hurting his kidneys. This happens easily and he is having blood work done weekly to check on that. Anyway, it didn't sound like that was the issue, but more like he just had a back ache. Well then he calls at 2:30 to say he's coming home. Red Flag! Red Flag! Jeff never leaves work sick. He gets home, hits the bed and is just achey. Low grade fever, fatigue, neck and back ache. I'm on the phone calling the home health nurse right away. I'm still waiting to hear from the doctor. It may be that he is reacting to having so much antibiotic in him and it is making him feel yucky. He may just need good solid sleep. Or it may be something that takes us back to the hospital. Please pray for him. I will update when I know something.

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