Rejoicing... Good news

Mike has the good form of Staph! Whew! The Better Bad as I always say! Thank you God for your protection.

We just talk to the infectious disease doctor - Dr. Ruben - another one of our new medical friends from that long hospital stay. He is going to send us home with IV antibiotics tomorrow. Now this is pending insurance so I pray that Tricare will cover it. Dr. Ruben will send over his nurse to train us on how to administer the IV. It can't be harder than the TPN. I am starting to wonder if God is calling me to switch professions and become a nurse. Of course what makes being a nurse so great right now is the patient.

Anyway, they are going to fight this form of staph with antibiotics and watch everything very closely. If the fever comes back, then the port will need to be taken out. That is an amazing praise. I didn't know what we would do if that port had to come out. How would we do TPN? Mike is not eating enough by mouth yet. But I am not going to focus on the what if's. I have learned you just lift up your needs in prayer to God. He is faithful to handle it and direct the path.

Mike and I have sat in silence most of the morning. I am reading an incredible book/testimony by Greg Wilkinson called "God; Cancer, and Me". Mike has slept and been thinking. We also did our prayer walk this morning down each of the hospital halls.

Prayer needs:
Insurance to cover IV treatment at home
IV treatment to completely eliminate all traces of staph
Protection of Mike's Port
Mike to eat and drink more
God to hold Mike's esophagus open
Cancer remission
Our House in FL to sell at the right price

Praises:
Doctors who understand "home" and how to get us there
New Hospital bed without hole in mattress
Warm blankets
Family
One more day...