March

Where has the past month gone?  Time has really been passing quickly, although when I look back I see that we have experienced so much during this month.  Maybe that is why I feel so tired all the time.

This month I can say I dodged a serious bullet.  I have spent the past two week treating an infected knee that could have turned very serious.  I started having the old tingling feeling in my leg that I usually get when I start a bout of cellulitis but I got a big bump on my knee, which got red, hot, and very sore.  I was told I would need to go to Price to get IV meds to get rid of the infection.  I put it off thinking it would get better, but on Monday morning I knew I had to get help, quickly.  So we went to the hospital.  Infection, yes, but more than we thought.  The large bump on the knee was an abcess.  The doctor ordered an ultra-sound to find exactly where the abcess was, how deep, etc.  It had not yet gotten to the kneecap, so he was able to open it up and drain it right there.  And drain it did!  The doctor and the assistant (male) were so excited to see all the infection shooting out.  They said I made their day.  I'm glad they were excited, but it hurt like heck!  I was then on IV antibiotics for 4 days, along with packing the wound so all the infection will come out and allow it to heal probably.  We are still packing it after 14 days.  Because of the fluid in my leg it drains clear water each time we remove the packing.  So fun!

I really feel that if I hadn't been prompted on that Monday morning to get to the hospital that morning instead of waiting for the afternoon, my leg would have been in trouble.  I remember getting ready for school thinking that I would go to school, then go to the clinic to get a referal to the hospital.  As I stood to do my hair and make-up, I knew I couldn't wait and had to get there now.  So, even though I didn't have lessons prepared (I did have lesson plans, though, just not the papers run off and ready), and I didn't have a substitute (secretary gone, principal gone, call your own sub), I left it up to others to find a substitute and left as soon as I could.  I am sure I would have been in a sad situation if I had not gone.  I'm glad I listened to my body, and to the Spirit that whispered to I had to go now. 

Sometimes it takes a big pain in the leg to get my attention.  But when I listen, I am blessed.