Marshall Jones’ MRSA Story

We have passed the 2 week mark now. Marshall had a ROUGH day today, he has been very very lightheaded today, and a little bit over the weekend. His blood pressure this morning was 138/100 and his temperature was 94.6, and I took it several times. Very weird. He took a [...]

Yesterday (Saturday), Marshall went out with his father for 2 hours to check on the cattle. I think getting outdoors helps him a little. He still doesn’t want any of our animals anywhere near him. This is hard, as we have about 10 cats who dearly love (and miss!) him. He [...]

We had a great day today. Kathy and Rachel were here (and Dad, of course), Rick and Selina were here as well. I invited my inlaws (CB and Jeanette), but they didn’t come.
Marshall socialized a little bit today, and ate 2 big plates full of food. I guess we should [...]

Marshall is still doing pretty well, considering.
He is still very nauseous. We are trying Gas-X, and it seems to be helping. He is eating mostly soup today. His temperature has been low (97.6, 97.9), and his sugar a little high (150-160). He still looks like a strong breeze will blow him [...]

Saw Dr. Daftarian this morning. She added Nexium and Bextra for his stomach problems and his pain, respectively, and added another Glucophage (horse pill) for his diabetes.
I decided to keep a chart of all of the things that I am watching in Marshall, it will be much easier this way, I think. My [...]

Well, we have been out of the hospital for a week, and things are still looking up. Heart rate is much better (90-105), sugar is still high (Zyvox?), fever is gone (thank God!).
Tried to make an appointment with Dr. Young today (urologist), and, naturally, there are 2 brothers sharing the same office. Do [...]

Things are better today. Fever is down, heart rate is down (107). Back still hurts alot.
We are running out of Zyvox and Phenergan already. I must come up with a better system for keeping track of medications. Will put that on my Walgreens list.

The new mattress showed up about 10pm last night. Hallelujah!
We managed to get him into it last night, even though he didn’t really want to move. That thing feels like sleeping on cardboard, it is definitely not the same mattress as Zoe’s, but oh well. It is firm, and that is what [...]

We went to see Dr. Daftarian today, finally. It is still pouring down rain, but I think even Marshall was ready to get there today. All of us thought that he wouldn’t come back from her office today, that she would put him right back into the hospital, but she didn’t. She [...]

I think he is getting days and nights mixed up again. He has been sleeping all day, his groin is still hurting but he says it is not as bad as it was. Still no physical therapy though.
I did manage to get him to sleep in Zoe’s bed, as he pulled the opposite [...]