Phil,
I am praying for you.

Virgie and Lady Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 2:42 PM
Subject: Prayer For Phil


>A little over a week ago, I got my first actual cold in two and a half
> years.  That is a record for me.  Wednesday, I felt so good, I thought I 
> was
> coming out of it but I awakened Thursday morning, early, and every muscle
> hurt and I felt as if I had been run down by a truck.  My throat normally
> doesn't feel sore or raw any more with a cold but it just hurts, literally
> hurts, as if someone has hit me with a baseball bat in the throat.  I 
> still
> have my tonsils but I don't know if that has anything to do with it or 
> not.
> Anyhow, yesterday, Gretchen walked passed my office desk where I was 
> typing
> and noticed I had a rash on my lower neck.  She came and checked and it 
> was
> spreading down below my collar on to my back and chest.  Sandy said it
> sounded like a strep rash.  I didn't want to go to the hospital on a
> Saturday night because the average wait now on a busy night is literally 
> six
> hours.  Unless you can speak Spanish.  Sandy found a nearby clinic where
> some of the same docs from the hospital work evenings and it cost less for
> the co pay plus we were only there for 60 minutes.  They did a strep 
> culture
> and I don't have strep.  Benadryl was recommended to help the rash, which
> has helped some, but I hate taking benadryl.  I will also be getting some
> steroids today because the rash is beginning to itch and the doc gave me a
> prescription for that in case it started to itch.  It seems to be starting
> to do exactly that now.  Anyhow, I went to bed so hot, I slept on top of 
> the
> blankets but four hours later, I awakened freezing cold and got under the
> covers and tried going back to sleep.  That didn't help and I didn't sleep
> much more so I finally got up before 6 o'clock and climbed into a hot 
> shower
> for 30 minutes before I felt warm again.  Anyhow, I'd appreciate your
> prayers for more than just one reason when you think about it.  I'll try 
> and
> live but I don't much want to.
>
> Phil.