Praying for your husband's health, and that you all will feel God's hand of comfort throughout this difficult time.
GOOD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE PRAY !!! The three doctor's who diagnosed dh with flesh eating disease said they caught it quick enough that the damage has been minimal (they're actually second guessing they're diagnosis at this point)!!! He went back into the OR this afternoon and they only had to do a little bit of debriding/cleaning !! PRAISE GOD !!! The plan is to monitor him over night and then wait for the results of the cultures that were sent on Friday night and then God willing discharge him home tomorrow to Extra-Mural again. I'm actually VERY thankful right now that Extra-Mural will over see his dressings. It isn't something I can't do because I know that my skill level is fine... I'm just relieved that it doesn't fall on my shoulders to be 100% responsible for them.
Amazing news Brenda! Can't wait to hear he's fully recovered and life resumes as normal as it can for of you.
ARGH !!! Please include the boys as you think to pray. They're not coping and as their way of handling everything I have my youngest one trying to run away because my middle son doesn't know when to keep his mouth closed.. just to keep him going. I can't handle this !! Not now (not ever).
DH is home to recover !!! So much to be thankful for. His dressings will be changed by extra-mural for a couple days because I won't touch them just yet :lol: The cultures are back and he has 4 different bacteria present in the wound (one of them is that which causes the flesh eating disease). He isn't out of the woods yet, please continue to pray for all of us. As long as he's ok tomorrow, I go back to work.
The extra-mural nurse was in today to change dh's dressing. She told him there is a small necrotic area but was hopeful that the packing being used would resolve it. She'll be back tomorrow and check it again. If it's still suspicious, he'll have to go back to see the surgeon and back to the OR. That's my update for today
I have just read this post. I am sorry for what you and your family have endured. Know that your HS friends are praying for you.
So far, so good !! I checked dh's dressing before I went to work yesterday and am glad I did. It's in an awkward place so the adhesive dressing they were using wasn't sticking and at that point the wound was exposed so I cleaned it up and dressed it again. It looks really good actually. A couple tiny necrotic areas but the dressings being used should take care of it. The extra-mural nurse is still over seeing his dressings for the week and maybe tomorrow I'll be able to take over doing them (I won't take over until I'm here when the nurse is here for her to see me do the dressing). He's still on oral antibiotics and made a mistake yesterday and took one too close to the other one and wasn't feeling well when I came home last evening but he pulled through it ok. We are eternally greatful for the many prayers and petitions spoken on our behalf. He is recovering because of God's ability to do so and because each of you has liften him up. Thank you !! I will continue to update as I can.
My tears happened last week with the diagnosis he was given... The thought that I could have been a widow at a "young" age broke my heart. I know he isn't in good health and I know that it's something I will have to face in time but I just wasn't ready to deal with it right now and only by the Grace of God have I spared the heart wrenching pain. God has something in mind for this too and I'm anxious to see what it is :wink:
