What I know new:
Surgery scheduled for 3:00 today (Monday 3/7/11) to flush the wound
Looks like staph or MRSA - pathology will come back tomorrow
Pain management seems to be working better
PICC line will be inserted tomorrow for 6 weeks of antibiotic therapy; line will be inserted to the vein nearest his heart.
Monday, March 7, 2011
chad update: having surgery today (Monday 3/7)
Sometime today (probably this morning) Chad is having surgery. They will be opening his ankle/leg and irrigating it with disinfecting solution. I don't know the specifics. Would you add this to your prayer list? Thanks.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
went dark ginger
Hard to tell here, but I even went darker on Thursday. Just had a chance to upload the photo now...
It is quite a bit redder in natural light than it looks in the photo.
haven't seen any Cat-Nurse-Nuns...yet...
In the midst of Chad's very serious medical situation, I did find a moment of humor while sitting in the ER waiting room watching the hospital info-channel loop over and over again. Doctor Who fans will understand...
The Doctor would be sooooooo pleased!
prayer request for mr. bikeman please
Two weeks ago Thursday, Chad had ankle surgery to repair recently-discovered damage from his bike accident back in October of 2008. He had been walking around on two two tendons and a bone chip...no wonder it kept swelling up. He had just retuned to work on Thursday, and his ankle was quite swollen and sore. Friday the swelling worsened, and was very painful by Friday night. On Saturday morning, he woke up physically ill and his ankle was red and grotesquely swollen, and very red from mid-calf down.
I took him to the ER and he was admitted soon thereafter with a very serious infection in his surgical sight. Infectious disease doc believes he caught staph in the surgery. He's in hospital for at least 5 - 7 days with IV antibiotics, and then he'll have a pic line placed for six weeks of home-injections.
He's in an awful lot of pain and it's a serious situation.
Thank you friends and faithful readers...
I have pictures but I won't post them... you don't want to see. Seriously.
I took him to the ER and he was admitted soon thereafter with a very serious infection in his surgical sight. Infectious disease doc believes he caught staph in the surgery. He's in hospital for at least 5 - 7 days with IV antibiotics, and then he'll have a pic line placed for six weeks of home-injections.
He's in an awful lot of pain and it's a serious situation.
Thank you friends and faithful readers...
I have pictures but I won't post them... you don't want to see. Seriously.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
at wits end...
I have been having a tough time with Ingy Badingy lately. We've been at loggerheads. She's been in a state of discipline more times than not, which for her has meant no TV. Pure torture. Her attitude has been sour, her words poorly-chosen: snippy and disrespectful. She is mean to her sister. She's been selfish. I've read "the books" and "done" the suggestions. I know it's a heart issue -- I really do.
I drove her to school today after another morning of battling, I was in tears all the way home. I just am discouraged...the specter of another 11 years of this broken relationship is daunting.
I was going through some of my old blog posts, and found this encouragement. Hope it's a shot in the arm for you today, too. I know I needed it.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Congratulations Colin! I couldn't say it any better...
I don't want to reinvent the wheel, so I'm directing you over to my favorite blog, Enchanted Serenity of Period Films:
Congratulations!!
Now if we can find a babysitter, maybe Mr. BikeMan and I will actually get to SEE this movie before it's on Netflix.
highly recommended!
If you love history as much I do, then you will want to watch the HBO miniseries, John Adams. Mr. BikeMan put this on our Netflix queue a month ago, and we just finished watching the six-episode series. It is apparently quite historically accurate (save a bit of dramatic embellishment). Watch it. You won't be disappointed.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in Danny Boyle's Frankenstein ...
A critically acclaimed production of Frankenstein is running in London with Benedict Cumberbatch as the Creature and Jonny Lee Miller as Victor Frankenstein. I can't get the widget to work, but it might work for you. See if it's being shown in your city.
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