[Magdalen] Prayer request.

Judy Fleener fleenerj at gmail.com
Wed Dec 30 15:21:33 UTC 2015


Mike you are in my prayers.
Judy

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You'll be OK, Mike.  Prayers to see you through the meantime, cuz it must
> all be very distressing, worrying, and painful!  Heal quickly!
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 12/29/2015 3:40 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
>
>> There's those with greater problems than me, so please fit me in as
>> appropriate.
>>
>> This is a really hard time for me.  I've never spent such a glorious paid
>> vacation in so much pain and mental anguish.  I hurt constantly, though not
>> always to the same intensity, and much less when I take something, but it's
>> always there regardless.  And seeing it daily when I dress it and worrying
>> about what I see and knowing it's still a week before I go back to the doc
>> and hopefully get a diagnosis and prognosis, and that only for the wounds,
>> not the overall problem(s) which clearly continue, though he could easily
>> have something to say about that as well.  I spoke with my nurse yesterday
>> and from my fairly detailed description she said it sounds like it's
>> looking and behaving just like it should, reminded me that redness persists
>> even if the infection if not gone is at least under control, and that such
>> things really do take time and can't be rushed.  She said I could come in
>> for them to look at it, but once again from my description didn't really
>> see the need for me to bother, unless I really wanted to.  I don't, so I
>> won't.  I just needed some reassurance.
>>
>> I'm not at all looking forward to work on Monday, though having something
>> else to think about will no doubt be beneficial.  I'm meeting a friend
>> later this week at a local Starbucks just so I can get out of the house for
>> something other than shopping for necessities.  Just trying to remain
>> cheerful, and only sometimes succeeding.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>
>


-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan


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