Hang in there, Ron. I am so glad you are finding a routine that works for you. I pray that you and Dad find the strength to carry on. Absolutely nothing is easy in the quad world. It goes from hard to harder, never easier. Hang tough, my friend.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *RONALD L PRACHT* <[email protected]> Date: Friday, June 12, 2015 Subject: [QUAD-L] Have no fear Ron is still here............. To: Quad-list Post <[email protected]> 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
