Re: Update On 's And My Medical Situation

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I have something similar below my ankle bone. It's kind of a hard mass, but not

very pronounced. I've got a few places on my leg that my wife say are pinkish,

but the coloration has decreased in the last day or so since I stopped using the

steroid cream. Let me know about that antibiotic.

Dave

" ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the

world. " [ 16:33]

Update On 's And My Medical Situation

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> Hello All,

> I am sorry I have not been around much lately. The friend who usually

> keeps everyone updated is not in here but those of you guys who do hear

> from her when I am not around the computer are free to share her updates

> in here about me and .

> We took back to the hospital by ambulance on July 20 and he is in

> his third room. He is severely malnourished because he was refusing to eat

> at home. They also found his blood sugar to be very low and have been

> giving him several units of insulin a day. He is having problems with

> pancreatitis and they had to take him to Ford Hospital in Detroit for an

> endoscopic ultrasound. Ever since then his lungs have been sounding awful

> and they are now giving him breathing treatments again. They were going to

> put a feeding tube in him today but have postponed it because of his

> lungs.

> Meanwhile, I have an infection in my heel and cellulitis and I am on

> antibiotics, pills for pain and inflamation, and one glyburide per day.

> I did get my test strips and lancets taken care of finally and it went

> through CCS Medical. I am still having problems getting enough of a blood

> sample on the strip. At the hospital I have been letting others do my

> testing with my meter and they can always get it with one poke, so I am

> still not sure what I am doing wrong. I sometimes take two or three pokes.

> I mostly am hanging around 180 to 209 or so testing two hours after a

> meal or just before it is time to take the medicine.

> It is kind of ironic that I have been dreading insulin and now they are

> giving it to .

> I really hope they do not have to put him on a ventilator again.

> Of course he would not be able to communicate with me at all if they did

> that.

> The good thing is that when I had that Dopler done they found no blood

> clots. The leg and heel really hurt and it is impossible to stay

> completely off of it with him in the hospital.

> They did say that if I would have gotten admitted they probably could

> have put us in the same room.

> So I stay some nights in a chair or a little bit on the other bed if

> there is no room mate.

> It is a little harder to control my diet when on the run so much. But I

> am trying.

> Lora Leggett

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