Hey everybody just wanted to let those that care know Im still here and
fighting for myself as well as my father. He contracted spinal meningitis from
a cortisone shot to the sacral area of the back 14 days ago. My mother comes
every other morning to help with the ol bowell routine, everything else can be
rigged, put off or done later. I was scared at first, but Im getting tougher
and figuring out more things I can done on my own. I have to make sure there
are no mistakes made on my part, like a slip or something of that nature. Im
hoping my dad will make at least 80 percent recovery at the month mark, but we
had a setback and his kidneys stopped worked from the pic line antibiotics
(vacamyacin). From what I speculate when your body goes from tons of
antibiotics from a pic to nothing, your body has to send its own cells to fight
whats left of the infection and in turn the body looks more tired. I should
see him get better or worse in the next few days. We as quads are unrecognized
warriors, and the battle is survival. I always wondered why disabled persons
looked weathered and beaten when they reach the 20, 30, 40 year
mark.........now I totally understand. like someone on the list said, who wants
to go into the grave with a perfect beautiful body anyway?
Ron
