Strikes and Gutters

What a wild week for Meg. 

In the hospital at the beginning of the week, some good news both in terms of recovery and treatment plans from doctors on Wednesday, hand/foot and mouth disease at the end of the week, and now we are off to Baltimore for additional appointments.

In the movie The Big Lebowski I think the Dude refers to that as strikes and gutters.

Meg made it out to Shelby and LJ's graduation party for a couple hours on Saturday.  Her mouth and throat are causing her tons of pain though.  Watching her, I feel bad for all the little ones that get hand, foot and mouth, it sometimes brings her to tears.  Good news is that Dr. Baird over in Johnsonburg was able to diagnose her and get her on some Rx to get her back in fighting shape.  Bad news is that Meg is once again having trouble eating and drinking, but to make it worse, she is finally hungry and it is too painful to eat.  On a side note, Meg loves Dr. Baird, just in case some of you were looking for a new family doctor. 

I am personally excited for the appointments tomorrow.  The folks at UPMC have been fantastic so far, but it never hurts to get doctors from a premier institution such as Johns Hopkins to give your case a once over.  It is a long trip for Meg and I am a little worried about her electrolyte levels, but she promised to keep drinking the Gatorade and we did a oz to cc conversion to give her a goal. 

Lots of people are stopping me on the street to let me know they are praying for Meg.  Keep 'em coming because I think they are working.  We are hoping to ride this postive energy train from Wednesday right into the appoinments tomorrow.  After the mouth and throat heals, Meg will be able to take advantage of this new found appetite and get herself back to a reasonable fighting weight. 

Cheers!

-Kalen