So Much More…

Things have been quiet around this here blog, not because of a lack of things happening, but exactly the opposite…

To make a looooooong story short(er), Angelica’s counts are low….like really REALLY LOW! This is good and bad.

It’s good because the meds are working the way they should, and Geil’s body is responding to the meds and it’s bad because she is at a much greater risk for infection right now.

The infection in her feet is still present and right now it’s bothering her. There is infection in the tissue surrounding the toenails but it’s not in the blood which is a good thing. Her feet are hurting and she does not really have enough “infection fighting cells” to get rid of the infection. This means that we need to go back onto antibiotics to try and back the infection down so that it stays in check.

We’d love prayer that her toenails would grow out quickly and not be ingrown anymore. That the infection in the tissue would be completely gone and that the new antibiotic that she’s on would not affect her stomach. We believe that it was the original antibiotic that caused the massive stomach pain, nausea, vomiting and the subsequent weight loss…..

I’m feeling quite nervous about putting her back onto oral antibiotics but the alternative is hospitalization and no one wants that for her….especially over toes.

We really need the whole issue with the toes to be resolved and the Dr believes it could be 2-3 months before her toenails grow out sufficiently to make this a non factor…..that’s not cool.

Aside from that, we are feeling a bit discouraged and feeling like we’ve been hit one too many times recently. We’ve had to fix our van, our washing machine is showing signs that it’s gonna bite the dust shortly, Jon lost his phone a few weeks ago, and on Sunday morning he put his computer on the roof of the van while he got something else ready, and then somehow managed to drive away with it still on the roof. Our minds have just been too full and overloaded with too many things. It stayed for the ride until the highway and then crashed at a 100 kilometers per hour. Needless to say, it did not survive the crash and he lost a HUGE project he was working on for his Programming Business.

He had some of the stuff on his laptop backed up but not everything and while nothing is irreplaceable….it’s gonna take time and energy, both of which are on short supply at this point. It also makes you feel a bit frustrated and stupid when you make mistakes or cause accidents like this….ones that could have been avoided or that you wouldn’t normally make but because you are trying to juggle so many different things……..

There is just so much more to deal with, to talk about to share, to go through, to do…..there is just so much more, and so we ask for your prayers for us all.

Author: Patricia Culley

I'm the ringmaster of my own circus. Just trying to stay one step ahead of the monkeys. View all posts by Patricia Culley