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{ 01:59, 2007-Nov-30 } { 5 comments } { Link }

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday!! Mine was okay, it definitely could have been better though. I flew back into Phoenix on Wednesday night, and I was really happy to be getting home. It was warm out, everything was familiar, I got a huge greeting from my puppies, it was really nice! My mother wasn’t home when I got home because she had to take my brother to the urgent care center for a swollen hand, but I didn’t think much of it. They got home around 2am on the night I got back and then I went to bed after saying hello.

Thanksgiving was alright. We went to my cousin’s house and saw a bunch of family, and her and her husband’s new baby (she’s about 6 mo.). The dinner was alright- I don’t get their idea of a Thanksgiving dinner (4 things to choose from- what is that about?), but the company was good and it was a decent time. My brother didn’t get to go, because of his hand- all the urgent care people had told him was that he had an unspecified infection and some antibiotics should fix it right up. He decided it would be a bad idea to be around the baby, and so he stayed at home and had chicken noodle soup.

After we got back from our holiday outing my mom had another look at his hand and wrist, asked him how he felt, and then took him off to the hospital. It was about 8pm at the time, my dad and I didn’t hear from them again until a few hours later.. at which time my mom called mid-anxiety attack and had to have us come down there to be with her- GREAT! My mom goes a little spastic, you know- she’s a hypochondriac, and gets these anxiety attacks and freaks out when something happens. We get down there and she’s sitting there with the jitters, and losing her mind, can’t sit still- and in contrast, my brother is laying in a hospital bed, totally happy, hooked up to an IV on liquids and morphine. My mom was not happy because the doctors were thinking he had MRSA and wanted him to be transferred to another hospital as soon as a bed opened up there so that he could see a hand specialist (they were afraid they and/or the swelling would damage his nerves and result in him losing some functionality), and also they were suggesting to her that he would very probably be needing surgery because of the massive amounts of swelling (it looked like he had a 500lb man’s hand placed onto his arm- sausage fingers). Great times, I know. My dad and I only stayed about an hour or two. We left because we needed to sleep, and he’s a big enough boy that doesn’t need looking after, but of course- my mom couldn’t leave, she HAD to be there.

The next morning my brother got transferred (around 5am), and was scheduled for a surgery at 8. The hand specialist wanted to cut him open, drain his hand, clean it, take some cultures and then leave him open and go back in and do it the next morning as well. My dad went back down there before the surgery to sit with my mom, and as soon as he was in there he made her come home. My dad went back to sleep (my mom called to wake him up nearly every hour on the hour the night before) and my mom continued pacing the house for a few hours before deciding she had to go back to the hospital. So- I spent most of Friday alone with the dogs… My mom eventually came home (on my dad’s orders), around 8pm and finally got some sleep and such. I went out around 9 and saw some of my friends. (I’ll put up pictures and talk more about that later.)

The next morning nobody was home when I got home (around 7am)- went to the hospital to see the boy into surgery again, so the dogs and I went upstairs and passed out until about 1:30. The parents were back by then and we had some chores to do. A little bit of cleaning (I watched), grocery shopping (I helped)- and then we all went to the hospital. We ended up being there FOREVER! We were only going to stay for a few hours and hang out with him, but then it ended up that right when we were about to leave they decided they were going to release him. His cultures and all the tests came back and showed that the MRSA was only in his tissue. Since it wasn’t in his blood he could go home. Well- it took a about 2 or 3 hours to discharge him… ah… what a drag!

Anyway, that’s the story of my Thanksgiving, pretty much. I went out again for a little bit on Saturday night, and I flew back home (delayed, delayed, delayed) on Sunday, but that was about it really. The trip was just so. It was nice to see my friends, nice to see my dogs, and nice to see my family. But- given the circumstances of everything (not having a car because everyone’s at the hospital, parents are stressed out and all that) it was kind a bla trip. I’m glad he’s better now and all that but- I really wish my trip and him getting MRSA didn’t have to happen on the exact same days.

I get to go back to Phoenix in a few weeks and that will be more exciting! My next trip is 16 days long, so I’ll have plenty of time to not rush around, to see everyone, do plenty, and nobody should be getting sick! I’ll be back with the more fun side of the holiday trip later, and I finally got some pictures sent my way from my friend (stupid, I forgot my camera), so I’ll try to figure out how to put them up!

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{ 11:33, 2007-Nov-30 } { Posted by LauriesAsylum }
Dang, that really sucks. You get all excited about coming out and seeing everyone and this winds up happening.

I'm glad your brother was ok though, we have had cases here where there was extreme disfigurement from that infection and even loss of limbs.

Yeah, we were close, we even went out your way to visit my son's clinic where he works. The weather was beautiful!

Just think, your next visit will be much longer and you'll be able to party and have a good time hooking up with your friends!

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{ 11:37, 2007-Nov-30 } { Posted by LauriesAsylum }
BTW, you need an avatar! Upload it in your profile.:)

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{ 10:01, 2007-Dec-1 } { Posted by mtheory }
Thanks Laurie, I'm glad he's okay tooo! It was still better than sitting around here the entire weekend. :p I can't wait to go back!!

I know, I need to figure out a lot about how this new setup works still- I being a total lazy loser about it though! haha

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{ 10:11, 2007-Dec-1 } { Posted by Chandramoon }
How horrible for your brother - we have a lot of that in the hospitals in the UK too - scary stuff! Better luck with your next visit home!

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{ 10:21, 2007-Dec-1 } { Posted by mtheory }
Thank you. He's doing okay now, and that's all that matters. :)

There's been a lot of reports about it the last few months in the news here, so we were worried a little- we're just glad he it noticed and was able to get it treated really quickly.

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