Matt woke up full of it this AM and as he says, a wild hair up his hiney! ROFL He feels SO MUCH better today, better then he has in WEEKS and he is just a day post op and prodding...
I think the fact that he is done with the "torture sessions" has helped his mood. So I left him this AM to run some errands...I've been home once for a 15 min time frame, in the last 4 days! phew.
We are now at the point were we are waiting for his cultures to grow so we know WHAT we are fighting. But there is a 50% chance that NOTHING will grow b/c he had been on antibiotics, in which case we have to wait until a full 5 days of waiting has occured and then we'll go home on a broad spectrum antibiotic. But it would be better to grow something b/c then we know we are using the RIGHT abx for the infection he has...If he has to do just a broad spec, that would be ok, but specific is better. We know the bug is responding to the course of treatment he is on now b/c he is feeling better, so we'll probably just stick with that if nothing grows...
MD took of the dressing and his foot looks SOOOO MUCH BETTER! Still swollen, but not NEARLY like it was...and his pain is MINIMAL. PRAISE GOD! Its amazing to watch God's hand in all of this!!! We know that God is providing our needs, and he is our Jehovah Rapha, our HEALER and Jireh our PROVIDER....He is doing all of that!!!
My Mom in Law was able to front us the $$ we need for the mortgage so we'll be OK with that, AND I spoke with Matt's short term disability for work. They already re-instated his benefit, just basically picked up where it left off from his return to work date and will continue to send us the 70% of his paycheck while he is home sick...Not only that, he can return to work on a part time basis (which is SO recommended for his health and well being), AND whatever amt of hours he wasn't able to work, they'll pay 70% of that (EX: if he can only work 20 hours out of 40, they'll give him full pay for the 20 worked, and 70% of the 20 not worked) WHAT A BLESSING!
So we are having a GOOD day and I'm just feeling major relief. Got a pretty good night sleep last night, the nurses left us alone and we slept until EIGHT (Very unheard of in the hospital!!!)
SO that's it! Our daily update!
Thank you for your prayers and thoughts and emails. You all have been fabulous!PRAYER REQUESTS:
1. CULTURES to grow so we know what bug we are fighting and have the right med
2. Continued healing and improvement for matt
3. Continued strength through this process
PRAISE OUR GOD FOR THE GREAT THINGS HE HAS ALREADY DONE!!!!!
LOVE YOU GUYS
Have a blessed day in the Lord!
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