Marshall Jones’ MRSA Story

Marshall is going out of town for 2 weeks starting July 11th. He promises he is going to take care of himself, eat when he needs to eat, and put his health before other needs. I hope that he will do that, it is not in his nature to take care of himself [...]

Marshall has been complaining of needing glasses for the last couple of years, but his eyesight has gone down a good bit more lately. I don’t know if it can be attributed to MRSA effects or not, but the time has come to get glasses. He finally went to the eye doctor and [...]

Well, we made it to Tennessee and back. I was not so sure how Marshall was going to do, but he came through it pretty well, although on the way up, his feet were so swollen and painful that he spent a good bit of the trip in the back of the Surburban with [...]

Dr. Daftarian finally talked us into going to the pain doctor, Dr. Stonecipher. We actually liked him a lot. He knew just what Marshall’s problems were with his feet, and prescribed Gabapentin (Neurontin) for his neuropathy.
One of our biggest questions to him was whether the neuropathy was caused by the diabetes [...]

At Marshall’s appointment with Dr. Daftarian, he had his feet tested for neuropathy, as he has been having real problems with swelling, burning in his big toes, and general hypersensitivity. The tests were so painful for him–they hooked his feet all up with electrodes and shocked them all over, he was miserable! I [...]

MRSA is the acronym for Methicillin Resistant Staphlococcus Aureus, which is an antibiotic resistant form of the very common S. aureus bacteria. We have found there to be a huge lack of information on MRSA patients and their experiences and we also feel strongly that the medical community and the media are not divulging nearly [...]

We are spending what seems like every waking hour at the ballpark. Our coach is supposedly great, and he likes to practice every day, until the sun sets. That is alot for a 7 yr old, I think, but I guess it will teach him some much needed discipline. Opening ceremonies are [...]

I made it back to Texas safe and sound, and found my husband and kids no worse for the wear. Marshall said the kids were exceptionally good, and helpful. I knew they would be. I am still loving golf, that day turned his recovery around!!! Marshall saw Dr. D. just before [...]

We have displeased the universe, I think. Marshall’s mother is now in the hospital with breathing problems (again). This was the morning after Marshall was comforting me, saying that we had gone through our 3 traumas (the “bad things come in 3’s” speech) and all would be ok now.
She is doing [...]

Ok, I am going to Tennessee during the first half of the kids spring break, and I am going alone. Marshall will stay here and watch the children for 4 days.
He is still doing unbelievably well, I attribute it to that one golf game. Maybe it made him feel normal again, [...]