A few more prayer requests ...

Hi again, friends! I'm blogging right now to procrastinate getting in the shower because I know I have to change the bandages on my leg when I get out of the shower. I'm not usually queasy about medical stuff, and I can handle just about any image House or other shows throw my way, but there's something about the wound and infection on my leg that makes me feel truly ill. So that can start off the list for today ...

• Please pray for the bandage-changing times (morning, early afternoon, late evening). In addition to the gross out factor, it also hurts a little more than usual during and after bandage-changing times.
• I've just started the new antibiotics. Pray that they do the job and that they agree with my system (often antibiotics upset my stomach). If these don't work, I think the next course of treatment will be IV antibiotics at the hospital.
• Pray that I'll be able to figure out a good schedule for taking the new pills. I'm supposed to take one every six hours or as close to that as possible to keep a constant amount of medication in my system at all times. I think I'll be taking them at 9am, 3pm, 9pm, and 3am (since I get up to use the bathroom then anyway at this point in pregnancy!). This also shouldn't throw off my other meds' schedules either, since I take my prednisone around 9am and my prenatal vitamin around 9pm. My thyroid meds come earlier in the morning since I'm not supposed to eat for an hour or two after taking them, but my sweet husband gives me those when he wakes up since I sleep longer than him and like to eat breakfast as soon as my feet hit the floor!
• This one is going to be tough to put into words, since it's actually two somewhat conflicting requests ... first, pray for me to have enough energy to do the things I need to do. Being in pain and monitoring this infection to make sure it doesn't get worse is exhausting. But, also, pray for me to get the rest I need, since pushing myself too hard could provide an opportunity for this bacteria to spread. I guess another way to word the second request would be to pray that I would be able to rightly determine what things need to be done and what things need to wait so I can rest.
• Pray for Lee. He is doing SO much right now and, at times, being both mommy and daddy to Jocelyn in the evenings. He doesn't complain or grumble, but I know he's tired. I am so blessed with a man who loves me and cares for me like Lee does.
• Pray that I will be able to eat enough. The combination of the pain, the grossness I mentioned earlier, the antibiotics, and the exhaustion is affecting my appetite, and I've caught myself feeling a little lightheaded from not eating enough a few times in the past few days.
• Pray for my heart, particularly if anything changes again. I like to have a plan, so I was feeling good about everything yesterday morning as I left the doctor: finish antibiotics, change bandages three times a day, pay attention for these signs of it getting worse, and so on. When I got the call yesterday afternoon that it was MRSA and the plan changed a bit, it was tough. There's still room for the plan to change again, mainly if these antibiotics don't work for me or if the infection doesn't continue to improve.

Thanks, friends! I have been so encouraged by your comments, emails, and calls ... I am so blessed to have you as my friend!