Big Prayer Week .....

This week needs to be a big one on the prayer front, so here are the requests:

1. Dr. B will get w/the radiologist early this week and will confirm if there is bone infection present or not.

2. Assuming they will need additional confirmation, that the indium (dye blood/scan) can be scheduled right away.

3. Dr. K (STL orthopod) talks w/Dr. B and gives his opinion, after reviewing the latest MRI scan. Good communication & coordination needs to happen here.

4. Timing - that things would move along & progress quickly toward a plan ... pray that God allows the next step in the medical process to happen ASAP.

This would be a lot to have happen in one week, but we're praying & believing big! The main thing that we need to know for certain ASAP is if there is or is not bone infection present. After seeing the scans on Friday & a few other minor things that have occurred, my gut feeling is that there IS a strong likelihood of infection. The dye test will require two days at the downtown Barnes hospital.

If we find out that infection exists, it will mean that it has been there since last November and was missed on a November, 2008 MRI radiologist report. You don't want to know the story behind this, as it will be more upsetting than anything you've heard in a long time.

Timing is really critical here .... I have work travel that I am holding on,
until we get this figured out. My attitude is up & down w/all of this .... I am hoping it will be better when we have a definitive answer on the bone infection question.

In His Grip,
je