Ron, so sorry about the troubles your Dad is going through. I hate to hear when a family caregiver, who steps up to the plate, goes through such crap ... not fair. I'm thinking if you and your Dad. Bobbie
Smile Everyday > On Jun 12, 2015, at 11:29 PM, RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
