Update 3

Ohhhh boy.

What an unforseen week or so it's been since my last update! Well, I was discharged from OSU this past Tuesday, feeling pretty good.  Wednesday I felt pretty good but in the evening started to feel a little bleh.  I took my temperature and had a fever of 101.0, according to my discharge papers, that's grounds for an ER visit after the whole OSU fiasco.

So after much hesitation, Mom Amy and I go to the ER, THANK GOD they decided not to transport me back to OSU, it's just too far away and further from everyone I know and love.  They did, however, decide to admit me.  It's just easier to keep a close eye on me I guess.

I will be candid and say that hearing I needed to be admitted again was a tough pill to swallow.  And I'll be even more candid and say that I was beginning to feel discouraged.  Well, thankfully, God knows exactly what's been going on, He's been right here all this time.  On the days I needed the most encouraging, I got the most visitors, some quite unexpected.  It's amazing how just being around positive, faith filled people will slap things into perspective.  Although I absolutely know I will fail a lot of times, I know now that there's no need to be discouraged.

So on the technical/medical/what's going on front: I don't know.  they've checked for infection that could have been causing fever using every known test to man.  Some days (like today) I feel really good. Other days are a struggle.  I'm basically being treated with broad spectrum antibiotics... My kidney function was high so they are giving me fluids to try and keep my kidneys healthy. Also-- I have a picc line now instead of the catheter(that was removed from my chest.) This is great because they don't have to keep stabbing me. HOPEFULLY I GET TO GO HOME STINKING SOON!  I'm so ready :)

And again, thanks to everyone checking in, visiting, just caring & most importantly PRAYING:  Here's my encouragement today

Isaiah 55:12-13
"You will live in joy and peace
The mountains and hills will burst into song
And the trees of the field will clap their hands!
Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow
Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up
These events will bring great honor to the Lords name
They will be an everlasting sign of His power and love"

xoxox
Leslie