back from the hospital AGAIN

hey all
thanks for your all your prayers, i do appreciate them. well, so what ended up happening was that an infection set in where my absest was. they were thinkin that maybe they didnt get all of it when they went in the first time, but they are not too sure. then during my stay there, the infection was going down pretty fast the first couple of days then it stopped. then i started getting another absest. this one was a superficial so it was right under the skin, so they did a local anestetic and cut my leg open. it was only about an inch to two. they got all the crap out and the next day i didnt have any more redness or swelling, so that's what was keeping the infection goin. so now i am finally back at my houch, a week later. i will be on anit-biotics until my cut heals up. that will pry take about two weeks or so, then we will see what happens. so it is so nice being back from the hospital, even though the staff there are great. i am pretty much like family with them now since i am down there so much. so pray that this dosnet return so that i can start gettin my leg back in shape. i just wanted to say thanks again for all of your prayers and support, they do mean alot to me and thank you so much to my beautiful wife for keeping everyone updated on my progress, i love you erika, will talk to you all later

Blog malfunction

Also, a quick FYI - for those of you trying to post a comment and are having difficulties, hit "post comment" one more time after you get an error message. I'm looking into it, not sure why it's doing that, but the comment will post the second time.

Update on Justin

For those of you trying to reach Justin, it may be a few days for he is back in the hospital on base. Justin was experiencing sharp pains similar to the initial onset of MRSA, so he went back in to have it looked over. He had a swollen bump at the top of his scar which turned out to be infected slightly, so the doctors drained it and put him on antibiotics. They also sliced a two inch gap to allow it to heal properly. Justin is in good spirits, considering, and I hope to hear from him in a couple days. I'll keep you all updated if Justin is unable to get to his computer. Respectfully submitted, Erika.

a total let down

well, about almost two weeks ago i was off my crutches. last monday i got my stitches taken out. thursday i was sapposed to go to physical therapy and they were going to take me to the gym and show me my new workout rutine to help strengthen my leg. notice how i said "were". well i wokd up thursday mornin with more pain than usual and a bump on my leg, right where the absest was. so i went to my doc and he thought it could be scar tissue but to be safe he sent me to the ER, where i had my surgery done, to go get looked at by my other doctor. he saw it and messed with it, which which hurt like a sum bitch, and he also thought it could be scar tissue. so they did blood work, took xrays, and a cat scan and all came back negative. everything was were it was spose to be. well, these past few days, pain has increased, bump is a bit bigger, not by much though, and it hurts like hell to walk again. today i decided that i should go back to the doc and ask for crutches. he also put my on some meds just incase if it is an infection. so ya, almost back to square one again. laid up in bed, elavating my leg and using crutches. it was a total moral buster to go from thinkin a full recovery was in the near future and now CRUTCHES
totally sucks. but oh well what can you do huh. i hope all is well with everyone reading this, i thank god for havin you all in my life everynight
love you all and take care

dinners

here are a couple of plates that we have put out. the salmon is my famous pistachio salmon that everyone loves. the guests that i cooked this for loves it. then the other one is a pork loin with vegetable melody, garlic mash potatos and a apple sauce. i will put more dishes up here as soon as my leg lets me back in the kitchen to cook

add another scar to the body

here is my new scar. well it hasnt healed completly yet, but it will get there. things are gettin better, the infection is pretty much gone, i am almost off of the anti-biotics and i am goin to physical therapy. right now the therapy consists of me stretchin my leg out. it does get painful at times, my knee is what is bother me right now, but oh well just as long as i get back to normal.

i heard today that they weighed the absest that they took out of my leg and it was six ounces. i guess that is pretty damn big. so i just wanted to show everybody me new scar, i hope all is well and thank you all for your prayers

back from the hospital

hello everyone,
thank you all for your prayers, they truly did work. i aparently had something that the doctors have never seen or heard of. (shit like this usually happens to me). so i had MRSA, wich is a bacteria that grows on or around flesh, i think. well my case was that i had and absest grow inside of my quad. i suppose this is very rare. so i had three surgeries in four days and spent a week in the hospital. the size of the absest was three quarters the size of a pop can. so i had a big hole in my leg. the first surgery was goin in and cleanin all the bacteria and puss up, the second was to remove the absest, and the third was to go back in an make sure the infection didnt come back. we had a little mess up with the anti-biotics. they was using one kind but they werent happy with how fast it was working, so they switched to a better one, and it did worse. my white blood cell count went back up, so they put me back on the other one, and my count went back to were is should be and so they sent me home today. it is nice to be back, now the rehab it going to start in. that is going to be painful since my leg muscles are all locked up. i will ge the job done and hopefully be back to normal before to long. oh ya, the length of the incision was about twelve to fourteen inches long. the doctor took pictures for me and i will put those on here when i get them. again, thank you all for your prayers and keep sendin them my way.
love you all