Rhonda, Dear Sister,

I am sure you are concerned.  Leave it in the lap of God who really
understands.  I surely understand how you feel.  Every time I have to go to
the hospital by myself, I feel overwhelmed and worried.  Last time I went,
my boyfriend, Ed, was here to go with me.  Well, when I had my tests, he was
there.  But when I went to have the PIC line interseted, he had gone home.
I felt alone.  They couldn't insert the PIC for the I.V.'s so they had to
surgically insert a Gershon catheter in to my chest again.  The site is a
little swollen today because I lifted the garage door yesterday to put my
wheelchair in there and I must have pulled on the site a bit.  Ouch!

This morning my blood pressure was 90/60 so I just wanted to sleep, lol.

Hey, now Rhonda, here's a laugh for you.  Paula, my nurse, was here today to
run the I.V. and she told me I had some sugar on the table.  I was happy cuz
my sugar canister was empty and I wasn't sure what I had.  Well, I opened
the package, began pouring, and then noticed that it was flour.  Paula
appologized profusely and laughed.  "See," she said, "I told you I didn't
cook very much.  I just saw a 5 pound bag and rattled off sugar."  Well, now
I must do some baking to use this flour because it's in my sugar canister.
Luckily, my canister was indeed empty.  *Grin*

Take care of yourself, and keep us informed about Ben.  Oh, and I'll
definitely be praying about your insurance.

Love you,

April


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rhonda" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 2:29 PM
Subject: Ben hospital!!!!!!


> Ben had a blister on his left toe,  Sunday it was looking great, it was
> small and appeared to be healing.  But Moday he had to go to work and he
> must wear  those steel toed shoes, so by Monday evening it looked awfully
> red and swollen.  Tuesday morning  Ben had a fever chills, and was
throwing
> up.  Our insurance took effect the  second of August so we went to a
> doctor, and so...... Ben is in the hospital with another infection!!! he
is
> in surgery now, tey are trying toremove as much of the infection as
> possible.  Since Ben was out of work for several months, we could notbuy
the
> medication for his blood sugar!!! so now this has happened.
> I don't know what will happen with his job, he has only worked there a
> month!! I think they get 10 days of sick leave, but I am not sure if they
> have tyo work acertain amount of time before they can take those days.
> So I'd appreciate your prayers, I am anxious, tired, and worried, Ben was
in
> the emergency room all last night, I was there until 2 this morning.  He
> still wasn't in a room as of his surgery at noon.  How stressful to be in
an
> emergency room, and bo be going through  this situation again!!
> what about Ben's job, what about all of us?
> Rhonda