another day

-heather-
i was hoping to have more entries in this blog thing, but life has sort of gotten in my way. 

chuck is once again back in the hospital.  he had to have surgery on saturday as his incision from his fusion ended up getting a staph infection.  so, saturday they flushed out the area, and now he's a sitting duck while he waits for the blood cultures to reveal what protocol they will follow in regards to his antibiotics.  at this time, they're thinking they can discharge him with oral antibiotics, but they have also placed a permanent IV in his arm in the case that he would have to receive IV antibiotics.  the only issue with the IV is that he'll be on antibiotics for 4-6 weeks, so that would be quite interesting.

in speaking with chuck earlier this morning on my way to work, they are keeping him for today (tuesday) as they want to watch the incision site as it heals.  another day....  *sigh*  
i'm thankful for the doctors and their wisdom as we both don't want him to be discharged only to return because they overlooked something.  so another day is ok for now.

in the past i always had a great support system of friends, but it seems that outside of family, we are quite alone.  this is a first.  we just transitioned to a new church and due to all the recent surgeries on both of our parts, we haven't been able to get plugged in, so the normal church family that has stepped in before isn't there right now.  this too will pass.  please pray for continued strength as we plod along.  i thank my family and chuck's family.  they are truly amazing people.