Slowly, slowly.....

It has been wonderful to be home the last few days. Scott is slowly, slowly recovering. The infection has made recovery a challenge. On Friday Scott called Dr. Mangus and he actually answered. This was a great blessing as we had already realized we didn't have a doctor who would treat him here in Utah. (Scott's previous doctor declined to treat Scott when I spoke with him on Friday. He stated Scott should return to Indiana and be admitted to the hospital there and be treated by Dr. Mangus) Luckily after explaining to Dr. Mangus what was going on, Scott gave him the phone number to the Radiologist, Dr. Colleen Harker, who has treated Scott for 3 years. Dr. Mangus was able to reach her and she immediately called Scott to come into the new IHC hospital. We spent about 5 hours there and Dr. Harker was able to insert a new tube up near Scott's rib cage to drain an abcess he had which was full of some nasty 'pea soup' infection. He still has this new drain until the fevers are gone and there is no more drainage. They aslo did a quick culture and now he is on 2 oral antibiotics to treat the infection. Hopefully these antibiotics will knock it out. If not, he will have to go back in and get a pic line and start on IV antibiotics at home. He has been doing somewhat better since Friday. Our other concern right now is the infected areas of his incision. There are 3 areas in the approximately 18 inches of incision that are open and infected and draining. Tomorrow I will send a photo to Dr. Mangus via email so he can look at them and let us know if he thinks they are healing properly. How blessed we are to live at this time on the earth! I am so grateful for technology and modern medicine. I am also so grateful for two wonderful medical professionals that are truely Christlike care givers.
Thank you so much for all your love and prayers!
Love,
Susan