More prayers needed

More prayers being sent your way Nela. I hope you and your family get a break soon.

Sorry to learn of this, my friend. Of course you'll be in both our thoughts and prayers and all best wishes to your son. Please let us know how things are going.

Bill and Dondra

Nela I hope only the best for you and your family,things have got too turn around for you soon.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Roger

Praying for your son, family and Doctors and Nurses. And of course God's healing.

so sorry to hear of your troubles. i cant imagine any of that happening to any of my kids. my thoughts and best wishes are with you and your son.

phill and ann.

It sucks you're all going through this, NELA.  I can't imagine how you must feel. 
We'll keep your family in our hearts and good wishes.

Back home, tired and feel like we have been beaten up. The good news is that my son is doing well with his surgery. His left leg was amputated just above mid calf and per the doctor the surgery went extremely well. About 3 years ago my son developed a staph infection on his foot from a blister. Things went from bad to worse with the infection and he ended up having his toes amputated on that foot. Due to the staph infection, having got into the bones of his foot, the bones were left brittle. Over time a piece of the bone would break off and work it's way to the surface and with surgery, have to be removed. With his being diabetec the healing process always took longer than it would for most people. My wife and I talked to his "wound care" doctor and he told us that he had removed a piece if bone the size of a quarter in early June. As of last week the foot was in great condition, the skin where the bone was removed had healed but it was still tender. Over the weekend he developed another staph infection that couldn't be controlled and was admitted to the hospital. By the time we got there, per the doctor, the end of his foot was dead and the staph infection had turned into gangreene(sp). Surgery couldn't wait as there was no hope of saving his foot. Brian is in good spirits and has accepted what has happened to him. He said that this may end up to be a relief to him and let him have a better quality of life than he has had for the past three years. He has a good care team taking care of him (how many of ya'll have the personal cell phone number of your doctor) so that's a blessing. He is in a lotta pain but that's to be expected and he is able to deal with that. Where he works they are already working to change his office and the restroom to be handicap assessible. So, I guess things are looking up.
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Oh, and while there my truck broke down and left us stranded. Wasn't able to get it fixed so I had to have it towed to a mechanic shop, that was closed for the weekend, and take my son's car home. I think it's just a shifter cable that broke so the "fix" should not be too costly. We are headed back next weekend to visit our son and to get my truck back.

Nela

Sorry to hear about all the bad things. I really hope your son is ok.

That says it just perfectly, MKM! We all hope your path turns around soon, NELA, and although we can't do much from our various corners of the planet, know that best thoughts and wishes are going your way.

In the words of Charlie Brown, "Good Grief!"

How did I miss this about your son. NELA???

I am so sorry to just now be replying, but I am glad there's finally light at the end of this tunnel.

Our very best wishes to both of you, and please ----- you supervise, okay ------- we don't need this whole thing to start all over again. With you or your son.

Bill