Marshall Jones’ MRSA Story

Dr. Daftarian called me today, and said that Marshall was coming along very well, and that he was tough and strong and that was why he was healing so quickly. She said all of the levels were moving in the right direction. The nurse reiterated that later for me.

Rick Colwell was here morning, noon and night today.

Marshall started dialysis today. He was swollen up like the Michelin Man, but the dialysis took off 1.1 liters of fluid in one hour. They will increase the time daily until they get to 4 hours of dialysis. Sometimes people can’t handle dialysis, and their blood pressure drops, so this is why they start off slow. He did well today though.

Rick had a book and a message for me this afternoon from the “cootie relative.” The book was a bible study guide and the message was: “Someone better tell her to clean her nasty house.” My house is cleaner than it has ever been in my life, thanks to the FLYlady.

Marshalls eyes were open this evening, and he was fairly alert. He was blinking yes/no to Eric, and sticking his tongue out to get drops of water and to point to where his lips needed Carmex. Hallelujah!

Mark Dudley (another high school friend of Marshalls) left a note sometime today. I called him and asked him to contact their other friends for me, and keep them updated. I am spending so much time on the phone updating everyone.

Susan Hilton from Marshall’s office came by today, and asked if they could do anything to help. I told her that we could use some food, that getting everyone fed is the hardest thing for me right now. My mother is here now, but she has so much more to do, dinners would be wonderful. Susan said that that was great, that everyone in the office had been dying to help, but didn’t know what to do. She had a huge tray of spaghetti and another huge tray of BBQ here one hour later. LOVE THEM!